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rise to the occasion and give the public what they ask for ?^ 
You know what the public wants, and you are just as 
capable of supplying the very best^as the very worst 
Comic subjects are needed, but they must be good laugh- 
raisers, as Biograph's "Dr. Skinum," Edison's "Laughing 
Gas," Melies "Channel Tunnel." Pathetic subjects, such 
asKalenfs "Days of 5 6i," Vitagraph's "Christmas Story,'/ 
Selig's "Two Orphans," Essanay's "Christmas Adop- 
tion." Historical subjects, as Edison's "Ride of Paul 
Revere," Kalem's "Red Man's Way," etc., etc. Subjects 
that travesty the good taste of a .people's religion, or of a 
race, should be debarred. It is not our sphere to in- 
struct the manufacturers how to conduct their business. 
We can only suggest, and if in the future we criticise 
the productions it will be done with a desire to elevate 
and instruct our readers. Advertisers and non-advertis- 
ers will come in for like criticism. 

We feel assured that if all will fall in and work on 
lines such as we" have indicated, very little fear may be 
given to the thought of panic or stringency, because the 
pubEc must have entertainment, and those who cater for 
it the best will have a prosperous year.' 

One word in closing. We have not touched upon the 
machine end of the business. This is necessarily slack, 
and will be so for another month or two, until the supply 
is .exhausted. Then again the demand will arise from 
other places opening, and also to replace those now be- 
coming worn out, and as soon as the/trade knows where 
it is, there will be again a wonderful impetus in every 
branch. *J=>r. 

DeatH ofMr. Hesary " jf." Miles. 

We are deeply sorry to report to our readers the la- 
mented death of Mr. Henry J. Miles, president of the 
firm.o£Miles Bros., and our sympathies are extended to 
the family in this their irreparable loss. We esteemed 
Mr. Miles as a personal friend. ^He was never so busy 



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The following, article, which appeared in a leading 
Western newspaper, reflects. .the 'i opinion,©^ ■ a Igxge pro- 
portion of the community. It is the public-~the whim-: 
sical public— wbich^ forms the /nuicksand foundation 
upon which the fabric of this business is built. Straws: 
show wkidi way the^sind blows: For . the; ultimate wel- 
fare of all interested, careful- notice should be taken of 
every expression of public sentiment. As President- 
Lincoln said: "You can fool some of the people all the 
time, and all the people some of the time, but yon can't 
fool all the people ail the time." Film makers, 
renters and exhibitors, sit up and take notice. 

^Savedl 

The Associated Canities explains that it has no ambition to 
annihilate the fascinating- ma-ring picture shows in Los Angeles. 

The arrest of a couple of blonde ladies—proprietors of a nve- 
ceat theater in Sonoratowri — was. quite for another /purpose.. 

Their offense was admitting sbme~ dirty-faced urchins not yet 
fourteen years old^-merely a sort of Curfew proposition. 

The film shows are actually the most interesting theatrical 
problem of the day. 

The film show may be said to be a. loose bovine, liable to 
charge in almost any dh-ection— -capable ; of almost anything — 
or -of mere extinguishment 

Daring the brief course of its career as. a los Angeles amuse- 
ment, the moving picture: show has completely changed its char- 
acter three times; and now seems to-be- entering on a soartb '-■' 
change. 

In its present status, it is, at once, an alrucst unmixed. good, -j 
an atrocious evil— and a source of much rmmiiiatJon to every one - 
bom in America. .'■■-.;• 

Its evil is simple; it teaches ■crime. 

But its good — . - For the first time in tiie world;- the - poorer^, 
and uneducated Americatt^people : have .a Ypeep: at real. French 
art Through the picture nun, those of us who.'speafc.norFr^cb: 
learn why Rejane is betEer than Leslie Carter, why Jack ^^ London 
limps after_ Guy" de_ l^upaasant . ; -' -'-_'- 

Our humiliation lies. in -seeing our raw, cheap, vulgar, aimless 



but what we could always gain his ear, and only on Tues- pictured melodramas-displayed alongside the swift artfulness and 
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day we made an appointment for a sociable hour- for 
Friday. His genial personality will ever remain with us 
as a memory to be cherished. 

Mr.r Henry J; Miles died at his home at Concord Hafi, 
119th street and Riverside Drive, at 11.30 P. M., "on 
New Year's day. - - , 

Up to a year and a half -ago he was actively associated 
with Mr. Herbert L. Miles irk the management of Miles 
Bros., hut at that time he was taken with a series of at- 
tacks of epileptic fits and since then has gradually with- 
drawn from the firm, doing less and less.of active work. 

At the time of his death Mr. Miles was only norninally 
interested in the business of Miles Bros., which is owned 
entirery by Mr. Herbert L, Miles.. Though always- Mri 
Herbert Miles has depended upon his brother : for advice 
and assistance in the mechanical department of the ^busi- 
ness, and he feels that in the death of bis brother the 
business has lost an invaluable adviser and "one of its 
bestV friends. 

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S?. John, N, B^In the case of the moving picture -shows 
whichwere prevented, by the police from being opened .Sunday, 
the proprietors pleaded that the Salvation Array had shovm re- 
ligious pictures at the Opera House on a Sunday, when Gen- 
eral Booth was here. Police Magistrate Ritchie replied that the 
Army might be given more, latitude than others because of. the 
nature of its work. The present attempt to have Sunday picture 
shows was the thin end of the wedge, and he would," therefore, 
impose afine, but would let it stand if no -further attempt Was 
made. A. fine against one of the showmen for throwing small 
handbills around the street was allowed to stand on the same 



grace 

- In short, we come to the- .conclusion that , we -Americans may 
be great for designing threshing machines and devising getei£b> 
quick schemes, but that art was left out of as. '•--.'' 

To'be convinced of this, you v inust..gc«^ -'to a: moving -picture 
show. - ... 

The "film theaters" are scattered along Broadway and^Mani 
street The people who patronize thesaare of such varied 
quality that you could telhat, once, if brought hs blindfolded, hi 
jU3t which particular film show you were enjoying life: - 

From Chinese and, Mexican audiences by:the Plaza, they pro- 
gress to ctsjwds .where the. women -wear the new hipless corsets 
and get up in the middle of it and walk out, if bored. 
- ' Perhaps the quaintest of them 'is oa Main street near: the old 
Pico House, and we might as weB go to tbafcS ' t'-'C , : 

.-It shares the building wish an tmdertakar.";- .Hiddea r h^i"of 
the white screen upon which jtfce pictures- of ^da?fegg:tea1^B' " 
and- wedding festivities are hashed, is the norrsbie xctxsi?- 
ihe;dead.are "feid out";. but of course. ih«y^Sliace do 
know "that. 

If s a little squahd, rarrot?: ; :,halli filled with tows of chslrtfc 
Along the wail, at mathematicaay regular -intervals, are grease 
spots/where delighted spectatozi "have "/leaned their enraptured 
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At the back of the hall is a crocked,; old piano which: jets jout 
the most diabolical noises ^t:-ever,sssanea'theVe^r ; b^flian,:.- It 
.plays ""popular'? songs about two years after they, have ceased 
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i! When the other theaters • are playing: "Mariuchi at : Coney 
Island," thir old piano is wheesmg out "So Long, Hary, K inthe 
cadence and time Of a funeral dirge. It never, stops. . Pchcj'r ; otd 
joyless drudgery piano. . . - 

.-. At intervals around the walls are hung notices: ' '.-. 

"Se Quitan El Sombrero Y, No Se Fumau" 

"Favor de Quitarse el Sombrero no Funiar Y no Decir Malas 
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The pictures, .however, are- just the setos as, at tht o^er thi»- 
ters ;' f or fee foots airs passed from ooeto another.^ .Higlcss eor-- 
sets sad fisMiy. iKM»rset$ : sce.:tis5. same scenes and du&te wife 
the saiae embtj^ ^ bp^stte ends of tovm.: r . 

• No > •.ebneessjons' : are made to. nationality in fee , box ' office, for 
fee.giti r*ho steus -tickets »* made «i the »aet moid of the girls 
who«il tickets at the other, theaters. It seems- feat a special 
species of ''. female," must have bam created for th$_- special pap- 
pose ot selling tickets at fives:ent: theaters; They are all pink 
and white and round and near-blonde, and of .«'. supercilious biaa£ 
nature. 

• The peons come In -from the cheap lodging houses near. They 
are of the lowest type. . They, have beads that rise to a peak in 
the- middle, arid ; foreheads- about aw inch "broad. They laugh 
prodigiously wheh someone is pictured as doing some simple and 
childish thing "I i!je falliag into a wash tub. - - 

. When- someone .Jst slabbed or a horse falls in a bullfight, 
gored to "death, their thick lips almost seem to make the sipping 
noises of a man drinking* a luscious draught. > ■""•'--; 

The Qar.ese are' different, dignified, selfrcontaincd men wth 
slender, graceful hands. John comes .shuffling with two or three 
Chinese girls paddling along in his wake^— 3 great family trait 
Chinese are devoted ; to picture shows. They have* a quick in- 
telligence that, the pictures appeal to. > They would probably be 
as fond of other theaters if they understood the language. The 
Chink girls- giggle and are much ashamed when the haUet girls 
come Onto the screen in tights. 

Americans, who have, been, from childhood, going 'to theaters 
and seeing half-clad women, little imagine the shock that an 
oriental woman hrust feel at sneb an exhibition. 

Japs, occasionally with women and more often without, are fre- 
quent visitors, and newsboys used to. haunt the places until the 
City Council, at the request of the Juvenile Court Cc^nmittee, 
droye- thesa' out - , 

It was for violating this. ordinance that the women Were ar- 
rested in Sonorafown last week. For: some reason' fewer and 
fewer, children are seen at the theaters of late— even with par- 
ents,, as. they are privileged to go. r The picture shows are becom- 
ing ''grown up" 

The first "crane, picture*" thrown .owthe screen makes it plain 
why children should be kept out 'The police claim' that several 
crimes in this city have been directly traceable to these pictures. 

It should be stated that the moving pictures, as given m these 
days," principally represent the following equivalents: • 

The travel essay or sketch. . 

The melodrama. and forced The dime noveL 

The "crime, films*' are simply the old- fashioned dime novels in 
picture Form. •They should he suppressed by the police. 

THE BAD -ONES.;; 
The train robbers, of which there are legions of films, aren't 
very harmful; because Strain wrecking isn't a tempting crime 
The harm is done by such Sims as these t 



The French equivalent tells pi the revenge of a Sicilian on 

tbe^despoiler: of his home ; -^ ' 

; : Instead of the rare childisaoess of fee American version, it 

'is Sied with the Jiefe tcuchea feat make art; fee little daughter 

of fee Sicilian ^'brings fcam food, and is followedby the 7 police, 

; to -the .-undoing of the father she had come to save. The acting 

is.as imconscioua as life—even to the child, whereas the American 

dnUna was feB of stagey posea and punk heroism. 

V. M the American .version, there, were almost no ideas, merely 

the rush of the man; hunt and the thrill oi the kilL The French 

ww filled. with Swift- little touches. 

There is an American melodrama called **Convict 039," but 
there is a French called "The Two Orphans." 

There. is a -~*I>a._ Barry" played by a JLeslie Carter, who yells 
like a' Ca 
Du Barry, 

There ' 
who squalls Kke a stock train laden with agitated pigs; there is 
a 'iady Macbeth," by. Modjeska, who tear* your heart oat, 
. but who strains your ears to hear what she says. 

Perhaps the most striking contrast is in the "comics." 

One American comic now on exhibition is called "The Trials 
of the Newly Married.'' It makes one -sick with ennui and dis- 
.gust It begins with a lame attempt to makes farce of a sacred 
ceremony, borders on fee indecent in the bedroom scene, and is 
disg u sting in the finale, which consists raarrdy of two i ools get- 
ting<ebimney soot on -their faces and sitting on red-hot stoves. 

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RED TAPE. 

A hungry artist is seen in the act of committing suicide, 
peasant rushes to warn the nearest official, who ■ hurries to the 
place, takes one look, and hastens off "to inform his superior. 
This official, in turn, investigates, and hurries back, informs the 
gendarme, who. rushes but for s look at the form hanging: from 
the tree, and hurries back for the sergeant The sergeant has a 
look, and hustles back for the captain. And so, with the 
procession constantly growing, until at last some sort of dig- 
nitary, who corresponds to our coroner, arrives. He runs oat 
to thescene in the woods, -at first in an unofficial, capacity', and 
sees the suicide really kicking from the tree. Convinced, he run* 
home and puts on all. his official regalia, sash, sword, chapeaa, 
etc, and stalks oat to rescue-fee nnmrtanate young man, who, 
o£ course, is dead by the time he gets there 

No mere words ever said such a withering thing about red 
tape.. : 

All the French films, of course, are not so good, and the 
American are not all bad, although, as a general rule, those made 
on this soil have crude faults. 

The convincing. thing is that the mixed crowd in the five^cent 
theaters seems every whit as much entertained by the good-French 
melodramas- as - by the poor American ones. ' . - 

Put that in your pipe and smoke it, authors of "Broadway 



jewels: A tray is spread out before her. She is chewing gum. 



wingt 
As. fee jeweler tarns to get more gems, she quickly jabs her 
wet chewing gum down onto a diamond, and like lightning, 
- fastens it under, the edge of the counter. Later, she returns, 
after me excitement following the loss has died down Jand 
gets her chewing gum and the diamond. That is frankly and 
atrodously immoral, because- it suggests to very ignorant men a 
clever •crime feat they never;would otherwise have thought of. 

The delighted laughter that greets, her success proves the harm 
done.;" " 

"Tfiere has been another . on exhibition during fee past week, 
showing a crook masquerading as a policeman and burglarizing 
houses under the noses of unsuspecting citizens.: 

But not so much sermonizing. 

The really interesting films are, the little melodramas showing 
how differently' the French and Americans develop an idea. 

The American melodramas, as before indicated, 'frequently-have 
a vulgarity that disgusts. The Frertcn, even in the rawest, have 
a piquancy that -fascinates. . - *; 

A perfect type/of fee melodrama manufactured by the big 
picture company oh this "sade" is the one called "The Seminole's 
Revenge." 

A very; tail person, who is obviously a cheap actor, is dressed 



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It's action and "go" they want, not bad plays, particularly. 

Of late, a new turn has been given to the picture shows. -It 
was said earlier in this article that fee -whole character dfnptc- 
ture shows: has changed three times during' the last few years. 

It began wife mere scenes that were not prearranged—such S3 
marching regiments, panaromas from moving railroad trains, 
Emperor William reviewing his guards, President McKinley at 
Canton, hurdle races. ""-'Jl' 

The next step. was Httle prearranged dramas, that began wife 
crude ideas, such as a supposed quarrel between s man and 
his wife, and developed to these little picture playlets— which 
are legitimate children -of .the pantbmzme.;- 

Lately, a combination of the two ideas seems to have come 
in. They are using fee old panoramas of the first stage of the 
picmre Irasmess, combined with the play ideal 

The Revenge of the Sicilian,'' for instance/ jwas. set In sur- 
roundings of surpassing beauty "and picturesqueness. 

Pictures of fee old AThambra in Spara; are hdoedTont by figures 
of Moorish warriors, with^kmg. Arab muskets, veiled \womeo. 
On just such a river rampart as that J wSere Carmen met Don 
Jose, are other-cigarette girls and other young officers. 



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up like a story-book Indian. He looks about as much Hke an 
Indian ~as heddes.likea ham.;; The villain; much to the relief of 
the audience, kslls a most objectionable ^bratty*' little white boy 
for whomthe Indian has conceived a violent and. ridiculous love 
Hence be trails down the yiuyun and slays him wife an enor- 
mous knife;. held'ln : a way feat r^ ever yet held a 
stabbing weapon. - ■.'"■" 

The whole thing is as palpably a fake as' "Broadway After 
Dark." It's cheap and silly. 






The. future of the moving picture machine is a theatrical prob- 
lem. .-.--. 

Some theatrical men believe feat it will prove a serious com- 
petitor of .the .vaudeville. They; suggest the time when, fee 
phonograph will work with it, and the best act of fee newest 
New York- comic opera will be flashed on fee screen and. sung 
o-.it of 'fee phonograph. 

Others, and probably these are right, say that the picture ma- 
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MR. H.. H. BUCKWALTER ON THE FUTURE OF'MOV- 
7 ING PICTURES. 

The organization of moving pictnre men, formed in. Chicago, 
promises, indirectly, to be of great benefit to Colorado during 
the coming year. This is the cpmion of H. H. Buckwalter; of 
Denver, who keeps in dose touch with events in this particular 
field. The organization embraces only dealers and renters- of 
films, but it is the- key to the entire projection business of the 
country, for within a few days it will be impossible for the own- 
ers of picture shows — and there are 8,000 in the country — to rent 
film except through this combine. «• 

"The picture show business has developed into a most aston- 
ishing industry throughout the country,'' said Mr. Budcwaiter 

recently. "Everywhere it is flourishing. New York City alone 
has nearly 1,000 shows, and Chicago about half as many. It is 
the poor man's grand opera, and this was recognized by Miss 
Jane Addams, of Hull House, who put in_ a show to compete 
with a half dozen, or more located in the vicinity and which were 
not exactly in line with her ideas of propriety of subjects. The 
fact is, the country has been. flooded with French pictures that 
while not, immoral in France, do not exactly fit American ideas. 
And their exposition was forced in a most peculiar manner. 
Dealers and renters were compelled to place an order with the 
foreign firm for all its productions or none— were compelled to 
buy the objectionable subjects as well .as the good, and,' to* re- 
coup, were compelled to send them out to the little shows. This 
" is one of the abuses that. the recent organization will correct 
- "There will be no more immoral or" criminal pictures put out, 
and an effort will be made to push as vigorously as possible such 
■pictures as are elevating and instructive as well as amusing. 
Geographical, classical, pnre comedy and similar lines will be 
followed with a touch of mystery and spectacular' as well 'It 
is a matter of record that the only failures of consequence in 
■ the business are the result of such subjects as the Thaw trial 
and the French creations, and to protect business as well as gain 
popular approval, the new Organization was planned. 

"One of the most unexpected features of the picture, show de- 
veloped in the opposition of the saloon element Wherever a 
picture show opened the neighboring saloon's receipts promptly 
dropped. In some towns where saloons keep back doors open 
on Sunday and the picture shows were closed the liquor receipts 
were not affected on that day, but just as soon as tiie shows 
were opened, the back door hinges grew rusty. This was one 
ol the results of the investigation of- Miss Addams, although it 
was manifested all over the country* and. not alone in Chicago. 

'The demand from churches for* religious pictures has grown 



yehjped into a regular profession, the pay of which is enormous 
compared with most others. 

"And with the growth of the business the ideas have come 
closer and closer to up-to-date subjects. Now the exhibitors 
demand motion pictures of all national or other events a dav ^dr 
-two after they occur. And, best of all, they get them. This 
"serves to keep up and add. to the interest, and no body can imag- 
ine that signs of decline are visible . on the ; -, hor izon. ""''On' the 
contrary, the film manufacturers of the country are r unahle:- to 
keep up with the demand, and to my knowledge there are thou- 
sands of persons looking for locations for opening nickel shows. 
The moment a storeroom is vacated a dozen applicants are 
ready to put down the Jcash for a yearns rental at an advance in 
price. And they are- ready to follow this up with the expendi- 
ture of thousands of dollars to make the place attractive. T 
know of one place in Buffalo where $23,000 was spent in putting 
in an onyx front that extended up two stories, and the interior 
was more gorgeously •fitted than any regular playhouse in the 
city. Chicago can show the same. And that certainly does not 
indicate a falling off in prospects. " ' ■ 

"That the demand for pictures is up-to-the-minute is shows 
by the receipt of a telegram from CoL W.- N. Sefig, of Chicago* 
the- day after ..Denver -was selected for- the Democratic conven- 
tion, asking me to prepare at once for a dozen or more new 
Colorado subjects. And that means: that jit least 400,000 feet -"of 
film must be exposed within the next six weeks. And the ex- 
pense for actors, 'props' and facilities will be enormous. 
: "A-year ago I made about tea pictures and within one month 
spent over $1,000 in Golden alone, and had practically the entire 
bunch of actors from- the. Brandon Theater working, in the 
scenes. And the amusing part of this was that the actors had 
not seen real money for six or seven weeks : before I began on 
the pictures. .A trick bicycle rider from the Orphwim got more 
for ten minutes' work than he got for a whole week on the cir- 
cuit But the enormous number of copies' sold fully justified the 
expense, and. Colorado profited vastly in the advertising secured 
and still to 'come, for these pictures are going as well now as 
they did when first put out . 

"While it is not- policy to' tell too much in advance, I may say 
that the plans for picture work in this State during the next 
year are almost beyond belief. The convention, for instance, will 
mean at least one new picture a day. It strikes me that the 
idea of a big convention coming to Denver is so unexpected 
among Eastern people that it is looked upon almost as some sort 
of freak, and they wiH eagerly gobble, up anything that comes 
from here — as they-have done in the past. East of the river the 
prevailing idea is, "Well, what next will those Colorado people 
do!" and they don't have to wait very long to find out"- 



SLIDE MAKERS ORGANIZING. 
With the film rental concerns of the country already organ- 
ized into a national association and the film manufacturers start-, 
ing to organize similarly, the makers:, of colored lantern slides 
for illustrated songs have started a movement to hand themselves 
together for mutual protection against pirates. 

A. L. Simpson, in speaking -to -the editor, said : . 
"Organization of the slide makers for self-preservation has 
steadily during the last two years, and one firin alone spent over become a necessity. Pirates are rapidly takingour profits away 
$150,000 in the production of a religious spectacular picture in spite of 



alcne. 

"For geographical subjects the camera has been sent to. the 
innermost recesses of uncivilized countries; The heart of Africa 
-and the coldest portions /?f the North and South have been in- 
vaded, and one of the molt astonishing pictures "secured was that 
of. the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi River— falls that make Ni- 
agara seem like a leak from the lakes. For my part in the work, 
I have devoted my time to securing the best'gerns of Colorado 
and the Rockies, yet after several, years "of work I have only 
skimmed over the subject. The State has pictorial wonders 
that have scarcely been seen. In Colorado-it is not a lack of 
subjects but a case of selection. Still such subjects as the Royal 
Gorge, Ute/.Pass, Cripple Creek, Pike's Peak and the Loop 
never grow old. So many prints have been made from some of 
these subjects that the orginal negatives have actually been worn 
out and it will soon be necessary to make new ones. - 

The advance in the art has been most remarkable during the" 
past five years. At first any old picture that showed motion and 
had a reasonable amount of distinctness . was eagerly admired. 
And most of them flickered to beat the band.'; Now the pictures 
mast be as clear and steady and flickerless as a stereopticdn 
slide, and they must hot only show -the scene, but there must 

. be 1 a little story" interwoven to fix the attention and burn the 
subjects on the minds of the" spectators. But the; thread of 
story interwoven must not be heavy enough to demand thought 

. People want to see pictures and understand' their meaning with- 
out thinking, and the devising and writing of such plot3 has de- 



our every effort to defeat them. Why, if we sold afi 
the colored slides of the songs we have illustrated, a plant four 
times the size of this would not suffice to turn out the work. 

"No .other business is so subjected to the abuse of theft as 
ours. We have copyrighted our slides,- but the copyright mark- 
ings are removed, and our orginal works reproduced and sold 
at a reduced '.price in wholesale lots. We -are considering a 
scheme of registering a trade-mark and making this an inefface- 
able, part of each slide. We anticipate some opposition from 
music publishers, who may consider the presence of the trade- 
mark, however small, a defect in the pictures, but if we, as an 
association, decide to take this course, this opposition will not 
amount to much, 

"To illustrate how serious our difficulties are, I might mention 
a rather recent incident: I was commissioned to illustrate an 
Indian song. . I secured the services of the Indians in the Hippo- 
drome, show, together with an interpreter; and took them out of 
town for a day, hiring a camp outfit and feeding all these peo- 
ple as well as paving railroad fares. The initial cost of those 
two dozen or so negatives amounted to $500 or more;' 

"The slides were scarcely ."on the market when a pirate re- 
produced ' them and undersold me. , My price was $5. His was 
$4 and less. You may easily, imagine where I came in. Not 
alone this, hut . his 'reproductions were so had that a number 
of consumers who saw them and supposed they were the prod- 
uct of thy factory Received a* false impression that might have 
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do original work. They have their own photographers, who pose 
their own' groups, take their own original negatives and' create 
color schemes. Against this- there are a dozen: manufacturers 
who never see an original negative,- and wouldn't know what 
to do with it if, they did. These concerns are the pirates. They 
wait for a real manufacturer to place a song series on the mar- 
ket and then reproduce it, sometimes taking title, slide and alL 

"The brginal. cost of these stolen pictures is about die. cost 
of an amateuYs photographic outfit, and the cost of coloring by 
hand by the poorest paid daubers. No wonder they undersell 
us. 

"But when we shall have organized, we will systematize the 
business and arrange for distribution of goods .in such a way 
that these methods will no longer be tolerated." 



SUNDAY IN NEW YORK. 

Are illuminated views produced by stereopticon slides moving 
pictures? • '' 

Again, if such views are moving pictures are. they forbidden 
by the Penal Code when accompanying a lecture, sacred or educa- 
tional? 

These two questions are now being^eonsidered by Magistrate 
Wahle as a result of the lecture on "Panama delivered by John 
Floyd Hume twice Sunday, December 32, in the Colonial Thea- 
ter. . -■'. .•■■ 

Rigidly following Commissioner Bingham's instructions after 
being given the Corporation Counsel's opinion on the Doull 
ordinance, Police Captain Farrell advised the management ' of 
the Colonial that Mr. Hume: most not show any moving pictures. 

Percy G. Williams, ■ proprietor of the Colonial, insisted that 
the stereopticon views accompanying Mr. Hume's lecture didn't 
violate the law. Captain Farrell finally permitted the stereopti- 
con slides to-be worked, but summoned to court Mr. Hume, 
David Robinson,, manager of the theater; Edward O'Neil, the 
treasurer, and W. Springer, the operator. 

In court Monday Magistrate .Wahle. adjourned the case so 
that the- police could be represented, by a- lawyer. 

December 26 William E. Murphy appeared as counsel for Cajj- 
tain Farrell, and William Grossman for those summoned in his 
capacity as attorney for the Sunday theater managers. 

Captain Farrell asked Magistrate Wahle for warrants, and de- 
scribed the pictures shown by Mr. Hume^ Policemen in uni- 
form and a railroad train were among the views. The court 
asked if these were moving when shown, and Captain Farrell 
said they Were not, ■ 

Mr. Murphy contended that an exhibition of pictures, such 
as Mr. Hume gave, was distinctly forbidden by the Penal Code 
No ordinance, Be contended, could therefore permit such pictures 
to be shown. ■ 

The managers are willing to concede that stereopticon views 
are identical with moving pictures under the law, and on' this 
issue seek to make a test case. Mr. Grossman asserted that such 
pictures are not forbidden by the Penal Code and are permissible 
under the Doull ordinance. - \ . -■-■ 

Magistrate Wahle requested both lawyers to submit brief s, and 
announced that he would give his decision in a week. 

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Gustavus Rogers, counsel for Sol Brill and William Fox, 
proprietors of moving pictures at Nos. 700, 880 afid 1155 Broad- 
way, Williamsburg, asked Justice Carr, hi the Supreme Court, 
Brooklyn, recently to adjudge Police Commissioner Bingham, 
Deputy Commissioner CKeeffe and others of the Police De-. 
partraent in contempt of court for alleged violation of an in- 
junction, granted by Justice. Marean against interfering with the 
shows. . * . 

Mr. Rogers 'tried to show that "in taking the names and ages 
of some of the spectators at the Sunday performances the. police 
had frightened away persons who were afraid of being called 
upon as witnesses. ■ 

Assistant Corporation . Counsel Edward Laaansky argued that 
the police had done nothing to" violate the injunction. 

First fruits of victory, of the Moving Picture Association were 
seen Saturday, December 28, when Supreme Court Justice Grcen- 
baum issued the very unusual writ known in legal phraseology .as 
a "Bill of Peace," directing the police to refrain from disturbing 
moving picture: shows and so-called sacred and educational lec- 
tures.on Sunday. , . . - 

The "Bill of Peace" is known also as an "omnibus injunction, 
as it applies not only to the person who obtains it, but to every- 
body in the community who is similarly situated... 

The writ was ; obtained by Lawyers Gustavus A. Rogers, 
Thomas Gilleran, McDonald & Bostwick and Stephen B. Rosen- 
thal in behalf of sixty-one members of the Moving Picture Asso- 
ciation. .-■■"'- "■ "- '. : 

This association has no. members, .but it was not deemed nec- 
essary to name all in the application in view of the fact that all 



rnovtri^ "picture shows in the city-would.-be protested, even though 
the "Bill of Peace" had been obtained by only one. 
•£:There are in the city between 400 and 500 moving.picture shows. 
r In dicusstng the Writ, Justice* Grechbamh; said to the lawyers: 

"The writ applies to every exhibition of this kihiL whether, it 
is sacred or c-Oucatioaal, so lone as'itis nsoral." \ 

Submitting letters from the late Archbishop Cbrrigan, Arch- 
bishop Paul, of Montreal,, the. Archbishop . of Quebec and Lord 
and Lady Aberdeen, commending her. tnovihg' picture exhibition 
of the Passion Play, Comtesse Marie d'Hautenois to-day obtained 
from Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum an injunction restraining 
the police from interfering with her exhibitions in Sixth avenue 
and in Broadway. 

The Comtesse alleged m her petition to the court that she was 
a devout Roman Catholic and would allow no exhibition that 
was not perfectly moral. 

She said she had invested $60,000 in her moving picture busi- 
ness and has a daily expense of $110. 

She was represented by Lawyers Franc, Neuman and Newgrass, 
of No. 43 Cedar street. 

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There will be an open Sunday/ was the declaration of Police 
Commissioner Bingham after, he had received notice of seventy- 
nine injunctions issued by the Supreme Court prohibiting the 
Police Department from intertcring .With the operation of various 
moving picture shows. ■■-..; ',.; v, „ 

"The Police Department will obey these injunctions," said Com- 
missi6ner Bingham. "I don't know what to tell my inspectors to 
do, so I am not going to tell tbera to do anything. Theaters and 
other' 1 places of amusement will not be interfered with by the 
police." ' ;• .■ 

On Monday, December 30, William E. Murphy, of the Police 
Department's legal bureau,; told Magistrate Barlow in Jefferson 
Market Court to-day that he believed the DooD ordinance invalid 
because it conflicts with the Penal Code. Miss Mattie Thompson, 
of No. 2763 West Third street, Coney Island; Morris Bernard, 
of No. 157 Suffolk street, and Barney Archer, of No. 50 East 
One Hundred and ' Fifteenth street, were before the Magistrate 
charged with running the Comedy Theater, at No; 46 East Four- 
teenth street, on Sunday. , 

"Your honor," said Mr. Murphy, "the Penal Code covers these 
cases, I believe. I am about to submit briefs to Magistrate Wahle 
in Yofkville Court on this point, and I should like to have the 
case adjourned so that I can prepare one for you. I don't think 
the Board of Aldermen can repeal the Penal Code." •. 

Magistrate Barlow accordingly set the hearing for Friday, when 
Magistrate Kernochari will consider the case. 

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On Simday, the police, under, injunctions issued. Saturday by 
Justice Greenbaum, were restrained from interfering with scores 
of "sacred and educational lectures illustrated by. stereopticon 
views and moving pktures." Managers of vaudeville shows were 
forced to live up to the letter of the law and gave exceedingly 
tame performances. . . 

Nearly all the promoters of moving picture entertainments 
availed themselves- of the injunction privilege and their nouses 
were packed. The fine weather brought out thousands of citizens, 
and the penny arcades were also well patronized. The police were 
on hand to see that the sidewalk "barkers" kept their peace and 
that phonographs were shnt off. ' - ~L_ 

The real sufferers were the vaudeville managers. They were 
forced to make ud their bills of ringing, talking and. instrumental 
acts in which the performers wore street costumes. In most cases 
the attendance was light and it was- a lucky house which did not 
lose a! substantial sum. ' 

-T will give the public just two more chances to patroiure my. 
concerts," said one of the older managers. "If there is not a big 
advance in the sales in that time I am going to close -v.9 on 
Sundays. My receipts have dropped $700 a night since the de- 
cision of Justice O'Gorman closmg us up on the Sabbath, and 
the other managers are in the same boat. The public vised to get 
fine entertainments Sundays, and it will not stand f those we are 
forced to give now. You can't blame them, cither.' 

Several other managers are thinking of closing on Sundays. 

As the contracts now stand, performers practically work Sunday 

nights for nothing. Thus the Sunday concert receipts have been 

"velvet." ' ':■'.■ ^- ■ :-' '■"■ 

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December 3a— Justice Butts upset the Aldermanic ordinance 
known as the Doull act, modifying the Puritanical Sunday clos- 
ing law: He ruled that. the Aldermen have no authority to: 
amend the Penal Code, a kwoftthe State. ^ >i 

Joseph M. Goldstein, the proprietor, and aHarry Rosen, the, 
operator of a moving picture show ...at No-: 435 East. Houston 
street,! were brought before the Magistrate tot violating ; the 



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The Kale in Company has a i.oco ft. production , done? 
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Accompanying the film Will be a complete aiualcel score 
trynchrontoed with the pictures. : " •.. -1 
• Remember 1 this is the first time such n feat has ever been 
attsmpted in moving pictures— the reigning .euccesa of tho: 
country, the grand New York production about which 
everyone is talking— condensed into a version which can be 
put on by any house using a pianist and a singer. 

No extra charge for this big attraction. 

Every Rental Bnrean will have a' dozen copies or more. 

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Sunday law and were fitted $5-each/ They «acmbited a series 
of pictures Sunday depicting the "Midru'gat Side of Paul, Re- 
vere" • and "Mother's " Prayer.": "Their; counsel 'contended .'the 
show was within the meaning of the • Couli ■ ordtntivre: 

Magistrate Butts', heard . the case at rieegth and tiiea wrote 
out hss decision, which 'he.: read from the baach as follows': : . 
The question before me is : Has the section "265 or the Penal 
Code, of .this State of New. York," been repealed -or 'ratified, in 
anv.way by-ifae-Doiil! ^ordinance? • There js. rib dbutA„as°to 'the 
meaning of this sectiort All exercises and shows, astong other 
things, are prohibited on Sunday. .:' ; -- ''' 

"I hold the exhtbi^ioh of rooymg pictures by the defendants 
on Sunday, the -22d day of December, iQCvY-tobe a 'show* within 
the meaning of the said section 3o$ of the Penal Code,- and they 
must be found guilty of violating its provisions, unless the eald 
Doull ordinance has changed the- law of "the State relating / to 
shows or exhibitions on Sunday and has. authorized such ah 
exhibition or show as that exhibited' by the defendants on Sun- 
day, Dec. 22, 1507. 

"This question st once presents, itself :. What right, power or 
.authority has the Board of Aldermen of the city of New. York 
to repeal,' amend, modify or in any way change any law of this 
State? Said board has no such power. 

"The provisions ot the Dottlt amendment are clearly incon- 
sistent with section 265 of the Penal Code. The- said amend- 
ment is therefore absolutely null and void." 1 

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PICTURE MEN'S . BOOKING AGENCY. 

The nidcelets and moving picture places about New York, 
which only recently began,.. to add vaudeville acts to _ their pro- 
grams, are not slow in making the next step in their develop- 
ment into an organization. 

A dozen or fifteen have combined into a cohesive . booking 
circuit, and all together play in the neighborhood of fifty acts 
a week. James Barry, manager of Local No. 1, Actors'' Union, 
supplies tiie attractions. 

Each act is called upon to do about six minutes for a turn, 
and shows from : three to six shows a day. The places in , the 
miniature theater circuit are within a radius of twenty- mites 
of City Hall, from Long Island to Yonkers, and some of the 
acts play the whole chain. 

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NEWEST PICTURE SHOW OPENS. 

The Uniquej the newest and • easily the handsomest popular 
priced vaudeville theater in the city, opened . Saturday . night, 
on East Fourteenth street, opposite the Academy of Muiic. It 
occupies the building formerly known as "The Alhambra.'* •■ 

This week the entertainment furnished consisted of three 
moving picture, reels and illustrated songs,, for art admission 
fee of io' cents. When the house is in. running order. twoVpr 
three vaudeville acts will be. added, The manager of the place, 
Win. A. Brady, who also operates the Comedy 'Theater,; a simi- 
lar establishment on Fourteenth street, is in negotiation ;with 
the Actors' UmoU; to supply the attractions. . 

The interior of the Unique is elaborately, decorated in- red 
and gold and seats areprovided for close, to i^ap.persona. The 
show is continuous. It is said its ownera nave in mind the scheme 
of building up a considerable ciratit in Greater New York. : 

FIRE CAUSES SCARE IN MOVING PICTURE SHOAVS. 
Fifty Women and Childrfen.Run to the Street, and pamage is ^5; 

For several minutes Decetrtber 26 there was considerable ex- 
citement in a moving picture> theater at No. 588 Hadson- street, 
when a fire was discovered near': the .machme.v It was extin- 
guished with very little . damage. 

At the time there were about fifty women ahdychildreh in the 
place. A small-boy saw flames about the machine and immedi- 
ately shouted "Firel" The audience made a nisb for -the exits 
?nd was in the street long before the fire apparatus arrived 
Only a Mlnrmax extinguisher was iised in putting out the blaze, 

which did about $25 damage.. 

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From Cleveland, O^ we hear some fifty moving picture show 
men, meeting. at. The Hollendeii last week, "formed an organiza- 
tion, manufactured a little 'lid" for thcmse3ves,;Teso!vcd out of 
: existence' all features of the business which th^ythor^jht would 
displease the people or •tbe' chief of police, and adjourned in a 
hiRhly edified mood- ... 

Th?n they sent a committee, consisting: of Proprietors. Builoclc, 
SomerS'and Cole over'tb tell Chief-:Kohler what they had dt?ne. 
• The .chief, was pleased^, too. 

Here are some of the 'features' of .the regenerated kinetcsepp'e- 
.No.vaadevJlle acts between films, the shows to be only devoted 
.mechanically.;!.© the pictured drama; nothing riaiighty • or . even 

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sriggearfv*}; n© pictures of bandits or burglars or hold-ups or 
other- incentives to crime." 

--That's .&!£,"'[ said "the ^chiijf , when the committee • outlined its 
plaas.tbihhn.-',.?H."ybu. live.. sip to -that, r.-e : ;/»Jj- fc-'sstiafied.' J. 
don't; want /to fcee£ 'rny.;nietii over -at your places watehihg .the 
pictures. I've got otl^r worK for JthctrL. . ,An<! I'm not-trywjr. t©:« : 
run your !>us;nesa/fo« , ,'^ou,.'' ,You^e>aght:tQ"-ljridw enough 'to ran- - 
it-ybussefves," hCc^tnuted-V VlC/things arc not all right, t shall', 
dose ugstheplsses that are' wrcftg. . 

-. "Personally, I've iioobj«tion to shows/ being open on Sunday. 
If you -will proyide.a death, interesting: ha«»j>y way. for the peor '.-. 
pie to spend ah "afternoon T '.shall'.' be glad of ;rtl" 

A St Louis, Mo., correspondent sends the following as a good;. : 
advertisenicn); for thCiPictorittni: 

/Despite the eorobioed efforts of the W. CT. TJ. and the ladies 
of the Society, for the Protection of, the Purity of the Home, 
who had appealed to the Mayor, the Chief of- Police, the State 
Attorney at Edwardsvilfc; aadto all good citizens generally to 
prevent it, the widely advertised raffle' for a baby came off as. 
planned in Granite Ctty. 
\The scene of the rafHe was the stage o£ the . "Pictorium," a' 
moving picture exhibition on Sfate street, and the drarnng took 
place at 9 o'clock..-. .The- management announced 'last: Saturday ;',' 
that every patron who purchased a len-cent ticket of admission/ 
to the show during the week would receive a numbered coupon- 
entitling; the holder to; a' chance for the baby. The baby, they>, 
assured patrons, would be. chubby, blue-eyed /arid young. 

Tliis announcement y/as receive.'i with indignation by the ladies.,;" 
of the city, who denounced the affair as worse than slavery, a 1 
traffic in , humanity that should not be tolerated. ^ Mrs. J. L. 
Mansbeaker, superintendent Of > the Purity Home,, with Mrs. H: 
F. Butler, president of the Granite City W. C T.U., arid Mrs; 
Mattie Ream, got busy with the: Chief of Police,! the Acting 
Mayor and prominent members of the W. CT.U, and citizens; 
arid appealed : to 5 theht" to take steps to prevent the J raffle. She, 
telephoned the State* Attorney. at Edwardsville in regard to the- 
matter also. .-. '■■ ■■'■.'■•!' 

jtfeantime the city. «a5cial3 and members of the W. C. T. U. 
conferred with the managers of the show, who refused to call, " 
off the raffle. They, said they bad consulted their atto^cys : and . 
had. been- 'informed that they had: a legal right to conduct the 
raffle. . As a last resort, Mrs. Marispeaker and another Jady pur- 
chased tkkcti for the show, intending to use them; as evidence 
of ihe-.raffle/ in the legal proceedings they ,had determined to 
institute if the management carried out its programme. 

News of the feeling of the ladies against the proprietors of 
the show,: and "of ah expected clash with the pdhce, spread i 
through the <fity, and when the hour for the raffle jarrived last';, 
night the Pictorium was jammed with an expectant throng, while 
scores outside clamored for. admission. Acting Mayor Msserang. 
Chief of Police Shepherd,, and a dozen policemen were present,, 
and'many ladies were in the, audience. i" " 

•At o : o'clock Mr. powlcr, one of the managers, appeared on the 
stairs and announced that ticket No. 30486 had won the baby. He 
asked the holder of the lucky number, if present, to step on the 
stage and. receive the baby. ,. .. 

Linford Anderson, better known as "Chuck" Anderson, former 
Chief of Police, 'arose in' the audience, with a yell, and, waving a 
ticket over his. head, declared himself the winner. -■■;■• 

:A deafening cheer arose from the: crowd as "Chuck" picked his 
way "to. the /stage. ' ; At the isarrie -instant an- attendant wheeled, 
onto the stage a handsome willow crib, in which, smuggled unry 
der a profusion of pink coverlets, ;lace and ribbons, reposed the" 
baby. "■■'•''':'■. ' '..■■,■ • '.'r '.--''■•:.. 

ipowler lifted "Chuck" onto the stage, led him! to the crib arid 
lifted tlie little thing into, his I -arm*. . "Chuck? gave i a wild yell :, 
of horrified surprise, opened his arms,: and thevnext; instant the, 
baby-— a babypig— houpced from the sta^ge-, onto the floor of the 

ball,'. and, squealing ; vigorously, was' circling madly among the, 
audience.. . * ...■-..,.■■.•%,;.' '„'■;-■■.;"■. ,'■'.... .... .;...• ... 

In an instant the crowd of men, women and children, scream-, 
ing and shouting, w^s engaged in a frantic pursuit dif the pojrker. 
It was finally cornered ahd turned over to its hew owner. 

If there: were.any. ladies, ofthe W;1C. .T-U.,.: or | Society for, 
the/ Protection of the Purity of the Home present^ they made:} 
their .sxfts^without;itiak^ng..th!eir'.jd<entii^.\knq^.'' j 

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Jefferson, la., will have a permanent moving picture show from 
now ©n, Mr.^ George ^Wicfc, of Omaha, having, leased; the former - 
tewling-alley buitdmg bit the east : side.forfthe ferm'of one year. ' 
Hjs wife ;ii\ an expert pianist, and special music wilt accompany"" 1 
the. photographic exhibition. The price of admission will be 
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This pict-ure is oce contboow hcnar-lush, th$ Mory sad the ptot 
to iimplc ihot the hcuoor ir. lije filw k jiI cocc st«a, atjd is appears vi 
comical that l»ti-jh upoo twi£b «rtU csuhj« ftom. erati tie taau slooanv; 

' aad -it furtJiamore teachei the inacki dial yoo iheuld sever fall to tip 
the belt boy, TliU iisUe overoight on Uie part of the hotel guot «uim 
*U the uoabje. ,.'"; '. J : - ; ■ 

- An Iiiihsdui oot beinU up to it* emtom refute* a tip to the btll boy 
•ho h«o carried h!* "lussaas* to the dtsi. The boy ewears meagc. 
yiodiaff 9Ut|thenw^rirf«t».r«j9intlie Iristusna haa t>e«t» asugaed w: 
he quteUy raabea np stairs and chaages the nutalier oa the doar.-puttbat 
the noraicr of the Iruhai.vi'* wen eft tb u door of a very athletic yonaj 
lady's roow, and of eoanc »heo ho enters the room she goes for hito, 
and than everything happens ; she ch fit ta h«a all over the hotel, 
up »t»itT,.dovtrn attin, tbltoogh bed rooms, over tabtea, aad ererysrhere. 
until finally be leaps through a window, just as two pursocrs seixe hita. 
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the' South Mill street, New Castle, Pa., moving- picture show, : 
from among the many names suggested during the recent com- 
petition.' Miss Lena. Wintemitz, of Croton avenue, was the win- 
ner of the prize of a season's ticket offered for the most appro- 
priate name, and from nop/ on the place will be known as the 
Acme Theater. The building has been completely renovated and 
refitted. 

The Girard Moving Picture Co., operating the Palace, in Me-; \ 
chanicsville, is playing to big houses, and Mr. Gjrarrd can well' 
thank Bill Budro, his manager, for his increase in business, as 
Bill is a popular fellow of that place. , 

The Art Theater, of the sameplace, is doing a nice business. 

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Mr. Ed. Murphy, of Auburn, is now manager of the Novelty 
Theater, in Troy, N. Y„ and is one good all-around fellow and a' 
good hustling manager. v • ■. r:, ' 

He was formerly connected with the Cincinnati base ball_ team 
and was one of the best pitchers that ever held. that position. ' 

He is a member of the Auburn Lodge of B. P. 0. Elks; that 
accounts for his gocdiellowship. 

Mr. A Nathan, formerly of the People's Vaudeville Co., of 
New York City, in which.Dave Warfield "the actor is interested, 
opened the Star in Schenectady about October I. Mr." Nathan 
is a thorough moving picture business man, and has the name of 
having the brightest* and most distinct light, on the curtain in 
Schenectady. His place is being remodeled to accommodate the. 
increasing trade. :.;■'., 

The managers of the five-cent • moving picture theaters in 
Troy, N. Y., held a meeting in the offices of the Imperial Mov- 
ing Picture Co. and decided to keep their- places closed on Sun- 
day evenings. They . would have been ^ doing business on Sun- 
days yet but the last man to open a five>cent theater in Troy 
insisted against all pleadings on opening his place on -Sunday 
afternoons. That, of course, aroused the church, as they claimed 
it'kept the Sunday school children away- from Sunday school. _ 

The newspapers here have taken the matter up and are going, 
to print coupons, allowing the people themselves to vote yes of. 
no. Forward the ballots to the newspaper officeSj they in turn 
separating the votes and sending them to the aldermen of the: 
respective iwards,; publishing the votes 'sent -in day. by. day. ; 

Jn that way the ; people at large will decide whether the': 
, moving picture theaters will open or not on Sunday evenings. * 

.Among other things that help io make Manchester, la^ an 
up-to-date town is the: installation of: a. ten-cent theater. This 
little amusement house will make a specialty of moving pictures 
and illustrated songs, and will give as clean and neat s. perform- 
ance as can be/seen in any large city for the same price. . 

Mr. H.. Allen, * the manager, is sparing no pains in making 
this theater one of -the best He will make three changes of 
programme a week and will be open afternoon and evening, ex- 
cepting Sundays. " ; - \ ':'■'.'.: •■, 

RAPID WORK 'BY PHOTOGRAPHERS. 

Developing and Printing Pictures for Cimcmatograph Displays 

From the London Daily Mail: 

As regards the rapidity wjth which daily events can be photo- 
graphed and shown witbm an hour or two to the general public,; 
the following account of the arrangements made for the Grand 
National 1907 race will suffice to give some idea of this: Six 
taking machines were at work on different points of the racer 
course and a special Van was in readiness for the films to he 
developed while eni route for London., The moment the race 
was over the train started, and while running full speed home- 
ward the. operators were hard at work developing. Indeed^ not ' 
only . were 'the fflms_ developed but they-were washed and; dried | 
on a special mechanical drum. y- -'•'■•■-'. ■• '.;-_:■. 

On arrival a'metor. car in waiting carried- the film quickly to.'- 
the printing establishment, where 520 feet of it was printed on 
to the positive film. As r soon as this was dried it. was rushed : 
off to the Alhambra, Empire and Oxford Theaters and shown : 
to an almost incredulous audience. When the final, cup tie was '.'; 
played at the Crystal Palace a motor car drove the film to Loh-;; 
don,. and within three hours a cinematograph display of the match ;i 
■ was. given; ■ ':■.'■■'■■■'•■-.■- 

The royal wedding, which took place recently at Wood Nor- 
ton, was another occasion on which remarkable celerity was dis- \ 
played-hy the 'e^rgetic-dneihatc^^plters.,- , -'.'Fbe' bridegroom and . 
the procession were photographed with apparatus which had been 
perfectly adjusted beforehand; The moment the necessary "pho-i-i 
^tographs were secured the films were rushed through at break- 
neck speed* and, as is .well known, the wedding ceremony was. 
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We hear _trom all reports that the people are stUI laughing ever.: 
our recent comedy success. "Bell Boy'e Bevenge,"' and for fear 
It will subside we now forge to tbe frost and put them In renewed- 
co&rnialons with, what we. think will be the greatest laugulns 
picture of the year, "The Football Crase." For a long time we 
hare thought that a good satire picture could tie gotten op on y 
this popular game, and we got It. In fact, everybody.- get* . IJv. 
and It is an over-energetic crowd of football play en that gives It 
to everyone. The game starts off in an open lot, and It finishes 
every flaoe; that is, they follow tbe ball, and • that seemingly, 
harmless piece of pigskin is not particular where it lands, when 
It Is kicked' into a Jew peddler, . into a Dago with statuary, an- 
other selling balloons, a men's nice new hat, and a flirty police- 
man; dl these unlucky ones get the fuB force of the ball. Tbe 
wild maniacs who are after it, not being content with kicking 
the ball Into everyone's. face, send It' spinning through open win- 
dows and doorways, . followed by the players. A man getting 
shared, & woman having ber photo taken, a family eating dinner, 
an artist palnUog a masterpiece and a couple making love in a 
cab — all are rudely bandied when the Bah Bab boys come after 
the ball. It accidentally enters these various places. 1 and finally 
the ball is doomed, as it happens to be kicked la the path of a 
vicious bulldog, who immediately grabs it aad sU-.fts off. Aft;r . 
leading the players a merry chaise, be escapes and proceeds to- 
tear, tbe baU to pieces. 



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. IFilfft' R©!Vi«W«" ?>er to run aw^y; She meets h?r lover, who promptly; retrieves. Another species of ca- 

— «— drives her to the parson's- house, where, they nine is next shown enjoying himself, inci- 

Tiio fo^ .,,.N^..,..i~. ,* t>-— i ■••'" -get ..married The daughter then sends a dentally utilizing his strength in the turn- 
«Pr$A«^VrK =>° -r B, °S ra P h .. ,s message to her parents, advising them of ing of a treadmill grinder, the wheel of 
JZShSmt , J u£Ef£ J£T ^" ff ^ ' thcir carriage, The. mother pleads for the which goes round as he runs on its ribbed 
!S wlff ™?B C St0 ^ COm ^S y ' J^ e daughter, while the, father refuses forgive- inner side. The work and duties of the 
u s !LIZ f™ ; w ■ ^5°[ tbe r f " I!K3 ' Three years have passed, and we see crippled mendicant's and then the poibnd 
chaimers . seeros, to have :had things; her t fa e . young couple in a modest little home, nii1kman'.s d°* are demonstrated, after 
?^,S ^^du^g.a.perfonnaitce^df happy with a child. The young man pats which th^noble shepherd dog is seen round- 
uarxest Russia theothep. completely on coat and hat,. kisses wife and baby and ing tip aWrge flock. Now is -demonstrated 
eclipses, her histrionic sister. Storms of leaves for hi? laboratory. The voung chem- the mamier in which the game pouches has 
applause _ reward her efforts, and .when ist at work in his laboratory; he is expert- his animal trained. From his concealment 
called. before the curtatn.a shower of floral mc nting with a new invention; suddenly a in a bush he turns his fine dog loose, and 
tributes tall. upon her/ This is viewed with terrific explosion occurs, burning the chem- the animal dashes into a lake where a duck 
cringing odium by the heretofore public's ist's face and eyes. While the husband is is floating at ease. The bird attempts to 
pet. the new st2r proceeds to the dress- unable to work, the faithful wife supports outswinv the canine, and a sharp chase -takes 
mg.room, literally-- buned under a mass of the family. She is sewing to earn a living place, bat the dog is. swifter; he soon seizes 
flowers. When she enters, the dethroned for herself, baby and husband. While the his. prey, and carries it to the poacher, who 
queen pounces upon her, tearing, the tn- little girl goes out to purchase groceries, places ft under his coat and makes off. The 
vidious bouquets ttr shreds; and the two she loses a penny, and in picking it up, is last picture shows the^game fox terrier en- 
women struggle and fight furiously until run down by an automobile. The occu- gaged in conflict with a large red Reynard, 
rte manager enters and separates them, pante of the. machine inauire for the little He secures a powerful grip oh the fox's 
The story is a thrilling one, with recur ring girl's addressahd bring her .home. Great throat, and pluckay holds on until his larg- 
npplespt comedy, to brighten it. : . surprise of the old.coupjle when they find ger victim is lifeless. The, last picture 

^l ! r\ " : j"» /» '"' " '«:-' «• •'. their daughter to be the mother of the shows a hunter teasing the little terrier by 

/: ihs__Days of - 61 is the last production- little girl. Reconciliation between daughter prodding him with one paw of the carcass 
from Kalem Company. Outside, an old and parents. Wliile the; automobile brings of the fox. ' 

Colonial ^cottage,- seated m the midst of a the mother and daughter to their palatial - — — 

rose garden, is! an old lady, knitting. The home, the father brings the young husband Selig puts out "The Two Orphans," orig- 
wa f"! o a * mos P here sends ,her off to sleep,;tb the hospital, where he is operated upon inally a Frenth production, and. which has 
and irr her dreams she goes : back to the and his eyesight restored Great rejoicing been acclaimed with ■ triumphant success in 
stirring tones or 6l, when r she is chosen at the old home: over the return of the every civilized country under the sun as 
as' sweetheart to one of the brightest of daughter. The son-in-law is accepted with one of the most successful and heart-stir- 
boys at _a husking bee, making her the hap- open-arms and the family happily reunited, ring dramas ever staged. The story of the 

piest of the maidens. ' Her happiness is . r- play is too well known to necessitate any 

sobn : blanched, for there comes a call to Pathe Freres issue "The Tulip." In a extended description; it deals with the. for- 
arms, when every citizen whohas his coun- bower of giant tulips a boy and girl prac- tunes and misfortunes of the two orphan 
try, s mterests_» at "heart shoulders musket tice flower magic Theyj cause flowers and girls, one of whom is blind, who come to 
and-goes to fight for "Old Glory." The buds to open and human forms to issue Paris with the idea of making their for- 
parting of the lovers? the bidding good-bye therefrom, and on the bl^ck background of tunes. Act I. opens with a beautiful view 
of fnends, the rnarching to war, the givinig tlie wonderful garden there appear myriad of the River Seine in the background and 
of a rose, are all stern duties that try the flowers; in the center of. each of which is shows, the arrival of the blind girl and her 
heart and nerve of a soldier.. Then we see a smiling feminine head. Tableaux showing sister^ They encounter an old hag who 
th^ fighting line in grim array, the ambush, pretty girl and flower effects are plentiful makes her living by begging and worse 
the powder mine, the storming of the hill, and the film' winds up with a burst of multi- practices, and who has two sons, one a 
the fight,' capture of -- the gurv^ and final vie- colored flame, which shoots in fiery splen- cripple who makes a poor living as a scis- 
tory. .Then follows^ the soldier's return, dor from leaves and petals. sors grlndsr, the other a vagabond who lives 

wounded, beating ihe scars of a hundred And "The Shrimper." A nsherwoman is on what he can steal. The girl who has 
fights, yet proud to wear the medal given seen going from her. home to the seashore; her sight attracts the attention of a hber- 
by a: igratefu! country. The affectionate while on her way she is accosted by a tine nobleman who causes her abduction, 
greeting, iand wedding. Then a step on strange, well-dressed gentleman, who at- leaving the unfortunate blind girl at the 
the gravel wakens the old lladv, ' and she tempts to offer her indignity, but she teach- mercy ofthe hag, who persuades her to ac- 
rises to receive the kiss of her husband, es him quickly that he should not lose re- company her to her lodging with.a view of 
who proves to be still the lover as of old; spect for people because they are not well compelling her to sing and teg on; the 
and the dream is over. . -" dressed. In the next picture the man is streets. ■'.; Act II. introduces a gay scene, 

■ """-•'- : " ,: - " ■■-*■ seated at the seashore with a finely dressed Nobles and. ladies of the French Court are 

"hv,™. ♦«,. M=ei„v- \\r^ x^4^:^a» i- t .. lady, a little boy playing nearby. While enjoying themselves when one of the men 
iS^ISffiav^ they are thus engaged the lad wanders out boasts of his capture of the girl who has 
W^^^^m^^^^'f.^?^mi^^l^^&^ thewater.and been abducted Ishe is bronght in and ap- 
ini 1 ^™ hh*j£h^™A^? S LW,l **>*** he trips, falling into the billows.' He pears greatly frightened by her surround- 
vh^ 3 ^ n l f^cfSL V S- w e K 1Ce Soats about helplessry, unable to attract at- mgs. One of the noblemen objects to the 
fem^^^Jw'ii 16 t&£ tention from «w sh " e - ' Now Ws ■«*»>«■ m * nner 5n which the girl has been treated, 
'^rSrtf^hi^tKw L r , ■ Lt '' W in do misses him, and soon she sees the tiny form and high words ensue which lead to a duel, 
fca'^d ^^^S^S^il S£" far out, clinging desperately to a log, afloat resulting in the death of her abductor. Act 
™~cw '5%; ut£? &5i meets ^f She and her male companion run about for IIL, a street in Paris during a severe snow 
h^MS^JRitS aid excitedly, the latter fearful about trying storm. The hag is seen compelling the girl 
hStfri.^ '■ w£^ &2 t \ ? £ & d a rescue. They come upon the shrimper to beg from ptssersby. Whatever money 
SSS S ^;S^? =» • h J«^*~£. C wiii woman, and she'promptl/goes to their aid is obtained in this way is at ohce approp.n- 
*%& ^L it^A t LL. ££u n ffC. " £ S She strikes out among the huge breakers ated by her, taskmistrcss, who departs with 
h^S?$2? rf*. h. n iS^P^Sl^hT? and caches him after I hard struggle; then her youngest son, .leaving the cripple and 
^57 A^P,2 ^^ ^»,» i^f,=if^^Sl^fe with faer added bundle 'she swims back, the blind girl together, between whom jan 
♦l to, j£\ At last when the Jtusbandthmks wfaer£ eager liands help her ashore. affecting scene takes place, each offering 

!?^™KTi^rf^^ The incident closes and the last scene words of comfort for the other's affliction. 
-m*A»r^Kn\£j%&2£ ^Sll £* shows the shrimper couple at the door of Act IV.,; the girl who had been abducted 
masher who wiO not forget so easily the ^^ hovel, quietly engaged, one knitting and reccued is seen at work in her humble 
lesson ne received. and the other feeding chickens,, when an- lodging. She is visited -by her deliverer 

rr — ' ; other couple, well dressed, come tipon tlie and one of the elder court ladies, but while 

S. Liibln's latest" subject is entitled scene. They have with them the boy whose conversing with them she fancies shehears 
"Through Darkness to Light!' The daugh- life had been saved,', aiiid all three are in -the street her sister's voice and see3 her 
ter of a rich merchant walks arm in arm warmly welcomed into the house by the pass through the snowy street before her 
with, her lover towards ""'-thea big mansion* ■ Sslier couple. , - „ ! . ■„ mental vision, accompanied by;the_hag ane 

when ; ; out. comes;* ' ' 
lover, away.' ; ■-. ' The 
l defry' merdiant'-to . 

|fiis».' : 1ar.'i)ir'opo^' : o£'i«utri3ge.V The father of dogs. • The first "shows the. pointer :at supposed crime is conveyed to the prison of 
Iscolds hisTdaughterv hut she remains firm, work in tlie field, his i; huntsman-master St Sulpice. Act V., a most reaRstsc pre- 
l-The. lover writes her a message, inviting bringing down a babbit, which the dog sentation ofthe interior of the female nns- 




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on in which the girl just arrested appears only the dog remains to guard the now bass fiddle appears before hiua, front 
with others in the garb of the inmates of sleeping child. 1' Slowly it is seen that the which musicians . issue. The girl is novr, 
St. Suipice. Through the generosity of one . lighted cigar carelessly thrown away is do- seen on the balcony and they-.! play for 
of the other inmates and the kindness of ing its deadly worli, smoke is seen to be her, but the serenade is interrupted 1>y, 
the Lady Superior hi charge, she obtains working its way through the house. in grad- the rival Mover, who is favored by '■■'&&:; 
her pardon and at once leaves to renew her ually increasing volumes,. and now tbe.-dpg ■ girl's father; ^ He is repulsed, however, 
search for her sister. Act VX, the interior becomes aware of it and is plainly very.djs- andthe, serehaders cause the' balcony to 
of a garret, where are lodged the hag, her tressed and uneasy. He runs upstairs, to lower itself, and thus young Romeo is 
victim and her. two sons. The hag abuses the sleeping ''apartments and 'tries, hard' to taken up to the- window ot bis sweet- 
tbe unfortunate blind girl and drives her effect an entrance into the child's room, but heart's chamber. ' His rival," witnessing 
from the room before the entrance, of her without success, and seeing it is useless' to this, summons: soldiers, who- attempt : to; 
sister, who has been traced to the place, waste' further time he tears downstairs and oust the ardent wooer. He dives through 
The sister sinks onto a rude bed and, over- out on the street, where he finds a police- a dresser, ; and ' when they attempt .'to 
come; by weariness and grief, falls into an man. Almost speaking, h'e.induces the po~ take' him' but they -find it solid as usual, 
uneasy sleep. The hag and her son leave. lieman to follow biro to tnt nearest ■ fire- He then leads them a merry chase, dis* 
and the blind girl re-enters the room. ; By alarm box andplamly;urges:hwh to call the appearing frequently into the ground; 
some mysterious attraction she; recognizes fire department. This is done and. the -$te- which opens . for. hpa; but finally itfte. 
her sleeping sister and the two are joyfully men are soon on the scene with the^-dog'-ia asigry father-enters and orders V.the girl 
reunited. The woman and her son again attendancey who contrives to direc*thent-4d>fc^fecafried' off. 'They take her to- a" 
enter and try to separate the girls. A fight the window of the apartment in which the largs castle, where she is incarcerated 
ensues between the cripple and his brother, child is sleeping, and none too soon, for the behind: i&uge doors. : Her lover; com<!s 
fhe former trying to champion the cause' of flames and smoke are already pourmg.fromupon.N^^VMene- soon after and causes 
the girl, in the midst of which the gen- the. building.' A. ladder is put in position, the guaro^t/j fall down in terror atid, by: 
darmes arrive on the scene, accompanying which the fire laddies quickly scale, fol- magic means s£a$r«s two turrets descend 
the nobleman who rescued the elder girl, lowed by the dog, whose excitement ena-. upon them, cl^s^^em in. Then libi 
and the' court lady. The hag and her vil- btes him to perform feats which he could crating the '■ gi^i^fciitakes- off . ' The- 
lainous son are placed under arrest and the not otherwise accomplish. Knowing the father and the riv&i'fl^aj&K $$»&•, couple, 
other characters are made happy as is their way the dog rushes into the child's room, but they soon /comedo grief :? In * the 
due. j . • who, awakened and terrified by the smoke, woods they find themselves Mbeset on 

And "The Four-Footed Hero." Nature has hidden her head under the bed clothes eYerv hand by huge boots and hands 
fakes'and nature fakers have given rise to and is on the point of suffocation. The ; w h5ch ■ '.Id ck and cuff them unmercifully, 
much acrimonious discussion of late, but dog seizes the child by thenight robe and wn en they find themselves in a ball they 
the instance of animarsagacity, courage and contrives to drag her .from the bed, next arc unable to liberate themselves from 
devotion shown in this film should satisfy across the room arid -with all care and gen- ^e columns, which begin revolving as 
the most skeptical that all extraordinary an- tleness, and : finally, down, the stairs and t h ey bold fast, bringing them nearer.and 
imai stories are not fakes, and. all will agree through clouds 'of smoke which would stifle nc3 rer to the* ceiling, While the couple 
that the intelligence displayed by our four- and overcome many a man. . At length the jobk on The lows' arc next aeeOfefn 
footed friend reaches almost beyond the bottom of the stairs is reached; in the t j, e grotto of Sleep, where a magic^ln- 
realm of instinct, and very nearly approach- meantime the firemen have broken down the fl a ence causes them. to lie down m »2sm- 
es reasoning power. Animal and child pict- door and the child is brought out tothe j^j. As they sleep' their pursuers CilSSir, 
ures are always popular, and the combina- street and restored to the arms of her pa- Miry off the girl and after taking .Btfsay 
tion secured in this with the intensely excit- rents, who have hurriedly returned home- on tne g^^p^ foot from the slumbering; Sto- 
ing interest engendered by the rescue of the hearing the alarm of fire and are almost mco they cause a huge >Oclc to f ai! 'tjjsoa 
child from the burning building will make distracted with grief at the probable fate .- when thev are cone howeverV the 

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friend, an immense St. Bernard dog. Her • " : it _-'" l«»i~ rnnm KfmmM bewitched' ?Trv 

nurse dresses her for the street and she Pathc Freres issue this week: , entire ■' 'S?SL ■■^^^2 SmwW : o^the 

goes out. accompanied by the dog, who "The Talisman (or Sheep's Foot).", as he wllh cannot rid J*™*™^™ 
-walks beside her carrying in his mouth a The -Romeo m this film, is a poor young l*} sm ™> winch ** a Sle and loon 
basket intended to hold the little girl's pur- man of noble bearing who ardently loves eat He ]W»» »*J on *J£*™W**°™ 
chases at the store to^ which she is going. » : iM«^^^-fc^^?^^ VSS^T^^S^^i^X^ 



^Tbey visit the store togemeiv the W«rrf sweetheart he is discovered by the 1*- While he £ vrp^ag^i^mzgpm^ 
ing the basket in his mouth, and return ter's maid, ..and coming to the .condu- father of ^f. y o " n K^ rI f Xw n^^^i 
home to be affectionately welcomed by papa sion that his case is hopeless he goes inf. ^ne Jopjtsh ypungjeltow «ts« 



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and mamma.™ wTnexTsee ouV little 'friend to the woods to commit suicide. The "Jeotouj . POStfion.^ b ^^ oi X t 

being tucked into bed by "nursey," an affec- sword on which he tries .to faltbrcaka .£•*■■**,*» Wthfe-»S aSd iJ 

tionate farewell is given to the dog, and and from a tree a fairy issues. She hs- :™^ .f , 1 ^*?.", tn T h e n=t scene 

.next her parents, who are going out to tens to his tale of woe and ^promises the . fPrtjoft^?-,. J°« *£ ^ e 

spend the evening, come in to bid her good- to help hun. ; ;( A.t a.Pass of, her^wand 

edght They are .seen to leave the house four imps^appear.^bringing ^ with .them a 




the little girl is left alone save for her sheep; at the command ot the fairy, they i^^^---«JS^%^ e 5a£^'i| 

nurse and the ever faithful dog. In the throw the. sheep into aiurnace and soon mounded ^colored .^. The da|mg 

meantime the nurse receives a visit from draw forth its foot, which talisman the lover w>w ,/akes *«/^«*e-rt fo%*«s 



nurse receives a visit irom ui<»w juuu i» ,iwi, ■!!»»« . i«i»i»» : »«. ■ ■;, — ' Y "« :. t^,; »„j l,«nM - n»e» -' 
her young man and has a "lovely time," en- fairy gives to the, young lover arid the own and all is Joy and nappmess^ 
tertamrng him. His ^gar apparently does four imps disappear in fire. a The fairy -; : V^' . v , . ,,- / 

not draw well and he takes another, throw- also vanishes; and suddenly there appears _..,... v : " f'V*$$? 

ing away the "stub" without the precaution a huge snail, on which, with; the talis- Jubm this week issues: _ ifMimt. 
of extineuishing the light After this, fol- man about his ahoulders, the lover seats i^iS^S&^^tWS^^S^a 

soon riding off to' his is ruined' at the races. While t®!n^«of 





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heart of Iter's. ..Wilfred Denver swears 
reveBg£/alsd; A sfeairt3' in parisujt of Wnre, 
Spider, the gentlemanly cracksman, has. 
gone to the .War«a -;home • to comniit>a" 
robbery, '.' end.' white ia? the act ot. doing 
so, WtJfrcid 'Denver! appears, -with .revol- 
ver in Hand. He is overpowered aarj 
chloroformed by Spider, who takes his 
revolver i from him and places it: ofl- ihe ; ' 
table. At this moment Geoffrey. Ware 
returns unexpectedly: "and is ' shot .by 
Spider with Denver's pistol. When Den- 
ver comes to and discovers Ware is shot, 
finding his*' pistol with one barrel fired, 
"he thinks he committed a murder. He 
rushes home to tell ,hi8 ; wife what he 
had done, and she, and her faithful old 
servant Jakes help him to escape' Den-' 
ver goes to the silver fields of South 
America, where he eventually becomes 
a millionaire. During thf* time he has 
lost trace of his family. A vision reveals 
to him that. Spider is the 'real murderer. 
He immediately starts for home. He 
finds his child on the stree't in. rags. She 
guides him to the humble home of his 
wife, who is on the verge of starvation. 
Husband and wife aire once more hap- 
pily reunited. He' brings his dear one 
to their old home, surrounded with every 
comfort and luxury that wealth can pro- 
vide. After many disappointments, Den- 
ver finds the murderer. - Spider tries to 
bargain with him for silence, but Denver 
refuses. Spider is denounced as the mur- 
derer by Corkett, one of his former pals, 
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(Situation W»P»OeJ-By an eiperienced operator; 
. cam run any Una at machine, and atao da elefitrle 

•ailing. IoJU5nnorO»u>ptefcTt^;cancftrecuiut>t« 
recenftoendotieaa. HOMSR JOHNSON, toad Rise 
Strut. Fort Wayne, fott" 



OpOMStaP—Baoerienced 4 rears; prefer. New Yorfa 
Statu, Can do own nqtairios 
machinist. Salnry not lr«, than t 

JAMBS PEARSON.Boi 3 s. Percy, P». 



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thanfao. 



vririnc; lalto 



WBntOCr— Br two experienced operator* nod 
men, who will bo 



TO DBAI.BRS OWI.T ; 

Condensing Lenses, 



KAMH <S» CO. . 

SO^ a«»e>flMav£'ay # - Www T<ot?9S 



. out of employtaeat at t&e firit of 
the year, a position la :be riucborg diatrkt. ISota. 
arc practical electrician* nod all round mechanic.; 
alsoftare toola feral! repair work. Stuary.fi4.Mta 
Sjj.no per week. Reference U rtqalred. FKSDA. 
TAYLOR and ROY E. CONKtB. tot jth Stace'^ 
Bta,tttr Falh, Pa. • ■ 

Situation W»nt«*-2«pcrt MWOM-Md Kloc. 
iriciao. Rctereaoest. Salary. 0»*. t~ WOODWARD. 
1709 BrigaWa Kosd, Pittstntrs, Pa. 

OS>9f9t9ir on?* ai©«rt«rtol«n»t^ib«fty. ^ C. 

WAXi.15, i«aCayaQaSt.. Braniiord, Oncano, Can. 



After having tried oil other service, 
try the one tbat lias . niore satisfied 
coistomcrs than a!5 otii'er combined 
exchanges. 

ABSOLUTS SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 
' JPJl(iCBS'/ REASON ABfLE ' 
• .ABSOLUTELY NO "JUNK 

laSSOLiMI FSL1 Sll. Of SEW Ml 

• Ul East .234 Street, New York City 

KOCH ESTER .OOT1CB : a* Srate St. . 



€hm& Film Exctiange 



7£7 &'9Xain St.* 2*®® Angelas, Call. 

Evayihin^ in the Moving Picture line i 

| jj ftt PlrwBaUOver'tfeeWffM-i-^; 

Song Slides and all supplies for the lantern 

ASS iVfskes- oT Moving Picture fflackiaws 






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NEW YEAH 

TO ALL. EXHIBITORS 

Get your service from us. Our perfect system will keep, \ 
yon happy and oar high-class service will make you prosper. 




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1SB East R&ttdelpfe St. Dept.P. C8ECA6®, SIJU 

Local &nd Leas Distance Telephone Reclusive Selling Agent* for 



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are tiio only reliable, they're goaracteed 
SOLE ACENT FOR 



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Edisosi's -Kinetoscopes 



330-338 Spruce St,, Philadelphia, Pa« 




■} HMB ^DE.'lterOTD;SE^_AW. 

Ttte ssw Ctrbea for Movteg Pfctoe Jgsc&2ses 
Quality Unexcelled 

FR0IWJ?. m. CO. 1 



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MnaaJftctiircr . ; «t specialties } 
n M«a»laorjt, Fllto» and - StS4*«, 

Caeicnts, Perforators, • Printers, . 
Leases. B6m Rests! aad alt 3op» 



FOR -'CAT A 2L, O G TJ E 



109 East X2tfc Street, 



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of the junk Film Exchanges recently started in this and 
other cities, who offer you first run films at prices that 
are ridiculous, 

' Moving picture theatre proprietors- by this time have 
become intelligent enough on film rental to know it 
cannot be done. 

The "Destroyers" of the moving picture industry 
know they cannot give yon the service they tell you, and 
prove it by the list they send you, «s the newest film on 
which is six months old. 

They do not buy new films; but rather all the cast-off. 
junk of other exchanges, and offer them for $10.00 per 
week, six changes. All they expect and get is. one 
week's film rental from yon in advance, as they knot? 
they can only fool you for the money you advanced them. 

Remember: Everything finds its worth, and so 
it dees la the film business. Don't be hoed winked by 
these "Fakirs" any longer, but get your service from 
some reliable bouse (m there are plenty of them) whom 
you know will not deceive you. 

The old saying that the best is the cheapest is proven 
more in this business than in any other known of. 
" Remember: If you look for something you win 
be "stung." 



PITTSByBB 0KL6HII UBUT & FILM G 

Pittsburg- Pa. 

gtosa't forget ear Western Sraoeb, Des Moines, 



New Yortc Cite; 



A SAKE OPfORTOWrfV— Having just secured from, a 
well-known manufacturer their entire surplus stock, wo; 
are offering the soma for sale at an unprecedented low 
price. Bear in mind these are not second-band films, 
and are all bright, snappy subjects. 

Hew York Film Exchange 

WILL C. SMITH, Mgr. 

7 VAST 14th .ST2USET -; NECW ¥OSK 



EVEftVTHING IN THE MOVING PIOTRE LINE 



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service for 1908 and we are goteg to get it if the best^l 
films in America at the right prices will secure it. 
,' Everything identified with thetuoving picture business: 
csrrbd in stock ready for pronipt chipmeni. J 

;Pathe's Life of Christ, Ben Bur and. Parsifal ranted ] 
reasonable. 

; -j 0.:T.:CRAWPORD;.FiLM EXCHANGE CO. (. 

^ml'-^.Oaydiy Theatre BuMing, St. H&oj&Mo; 



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662 SIXTH AVE. 52 STATE STRE'I 

.MONTREAL, CAW ADA 
■La jPatria Building 



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Motion Picture ; Machine 

•-•the latest— The tits. ■ 
Fiie&eriess J^wes-Sfcady K«tw«s-H5rillias t Pktorns 



PaSgwrf,iaDt«aa««potfcBraikjiUd 

J :.. for Ibg bxny arvi *sas:tbr work w >.fc« 

five €ent Theatre 

£3 arenas the 

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masaof taa 
jMtttai 

v TIv New 
CecoSSsi* 
rar cares 30 a 
to«£ottfca 
nan-axpoa- 
are. Klicktr 
eiia.Lnsl«!- . 
' tlao New 

Osrfj* sart 

Rea-taJ-TV. 
film i* re- 
wound {a 1 

tabnrtaa froai tie main crank viOxxat re- 
moval of reeto or magexlnee. 

T6e AatoHotlc Safety Plre-procf 
SiiSlee to tie eoty one that is l»fu and 
reliable. ^ -^ 

Side Carrier Sates glCes one- third of 
tin ti-ht, Scan no roach triRhter cicuuc*. 
- M WarUtts Ports BwMae4 uvel cir« 
and trtar •»! gin* bsttcrt malts. Mv 
ehlje s-Ul list cwk» as long. 

A StoseBsr {tctnre became accurately 
made. ;. v. . 

Ha» ■ perfect Tat**; that's different 
from the others. . 

Arc taorp with all hand wheel idJoH- 
n«nftsj result— he tter pictures. 

Has Ud*OH Wkfe Opa Urns How*. 
- Beta side sad top toil open. 

feeapecSaBy adapted for oae 
wtgi Meter. 

\a entirety Bee-proe*, 



tt is sarapia, anci, 
r*j*«, anisic sod efes- 



2K* 



. sad projects a 
atetare trurt Is actoa* 
BSssty barter casa 

aSiaor aaacfataes. 
ts forniahed whhtha 

Gibraltar Swlvelefl 

AdpnnoMe Ira* Pedes- 

tai Steed. Sclid as a 

rock— picture 

proiectcd whrf* 

you wantit. ■ 

U yoo have a 
aaecfeene, threw 
It est and tastsll 
the. MotSdrrepa. 
The iaveetxeerit 
I is about 5C cents 
for one 

'twarra new pet- 
refte or twelve 
prceeru ease re- 
- talced, femes U 
- *' efther or beta ways. 
Wa arc also a^aots foe* the Mods* U 
Ceafaat flea OsUH. which is afaaoat u*. 
rt W n s ia ai rle to th* Traveling Bxelbltw. 
um a {Treat emergency canvaoreoca fc> 
tea £ Cant Theatre In the absence of 
alectricity. 

Ilie Kew Urtercaaaaeabta CVwio- 
trepa Aacatraeeaaent la a Frra Or-.t 
Theatre a o vs l t y of great amass. l*'r 
0» New Sheeetoa Doable OfeadvJai 
5t eie o we kr w., with right angle are huap 
far diauulvtmt arac alidao tnoold hi 
ma-la a part of erery Fire Ceot Thnaj» 
equfpmant. 

. -Or; Sta ALL (HAKES aj ««.1o« 
rSctara ftacftteat. and arerj'thtng re- 
ipoiead Vy taa eptieat nrojaetiaoJat. 

k S«iv3 for our Bij Cora- 
7(2»U CntaJoit. It's Vrca. 



lift iViiin n*l 1 



A«atu»<csra©r»« Supply Co.. JS8 CJ>«n;xalB*atSlBXt3t)^C8iilcfa;Jo 



No. 6336 

BWco. 3S«>.2G 



tuATEST PEATURE SUBJECTS 

A LITTLE GIRL WHO DID MOT BELIEVE 
IN SANTA CLAU8 

Ne.tS37 Goia.VeeTtaUa SCOPtet CUuijA PrlOtt 9129.00 

LAUGHING CAS 

Cottf, VeerbtMrt: Lcngtb, 875 fMt Ctoso'A \ 

For complete tynoptu send lor circular No. 

THE MICHT 'BEFORE CHRISTMAS. 

No. 6225 '■ Cafift, VoftcrtJa*a ' teogta. ftM feet " Cltna A . 
Price, J 120. tO rcr comptets synopsus send for circular No. 

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Rlohard Wosn«>r*s Rflastovploco 

Mo. 604S Ca.13. V«mc«3« Lonjrtli, f ,975 lent 

Sycvlai Prtio $330.78 ' rot complete synopsis send for circular No. ssy 

COLLEGE CHUMS I 

Ho. 6333 Codo, Vo«nw«rtcl Leastti. 7S0 test CtttM A . 

PTEsc, $!03.CO For complete synoprJs tend for circular No, 888 - 

OTHER FEATURE -'.riMlfS: 

Na. OSSS^-TJJUBS AflSERfCAN D3AUTlBa, N». 3 (Hand Colored 

■ Caapleieie , Code..V«eaiHt«a , 88 Fees. Price $24.m 

• 7 • tor complete syno-psij ssod tot circular N0VJ37 ■ 

No.*KW-TMBTStAlNea*3 OAVOMTEB CUo»A Code, Vcso.. 

' -wiafctr ■■ " ■' 880 Part' V Prtc* 912S.09 

For conpiote syri«]»iu<aetul for circular No. 33S 
fto. 4J33S— MI5»*MiifT RSOB OP PAW*. REn'ERB ClUaA C«*>, 

Vc«sw«M7 OlSPoet pri«o»t«M8 

For cooiedets synotatU send for circular No, 354 
No,«332~JACKTcU3iOSSSSe Ctaa»A Cocto, VeaaresJt 

wap«« pfE0BStsa.2a 

?or coajpJeis; sycoptji* ocatJ for drcaUr No. 831 . 

No. &S31— A ©ACS FOR MUXJCNi CtaUM A Cod* Voaasrroasl 

Fox eo»ar>!e4i« aytc^ada teod for circular No. 823 '. • 

<c (Si30— fKB RIVAt* Cltuis A ' Cofis. V<w«rfa»c» 

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. Fcje->»i^^»yriSpai»itte-jfor<£r9a^?!fJe, 6S? 



IIHEMSC0F1S 



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Price, $! 75.00 



. Ai »|a Wii 4tfcy tfet Ksw V«rk Saurdi of FJ*« Oattamitera 
«Bd t&e 0«5MarteMat of Wlttr Stitrjly, Gat aat Elsctrt«Jly 

Include** (unong other unprovemcotj, a new Automatic Stutter. In- 
prorecl Irfunphouse, Upper and 1-ower Film Idacasiaes, New Style Rbao— 
star. New SncloMil Switch, Improved Tafce-up Device, New Kevelrios 
Shutter And Asbsatoe^coTercel cord coaacction. " 

EOisoft BHismon mm - siiiis 

S^MS litt fllH imSIZsHE ad IMPB0VE8 TAEE-U? 131118 



m\$m mrnmi mm 



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Any ezhtbnioA m«4el can be. Rued with the Underwriters* icaprovo- 
mcDtsatiRiAU cost- Complete c*ulo{;ue, deceribiaff adl toodeU and porta, 
vitb prioM, lent «n rcqne&t. „. 

EPIS0N MANUFACTURING COMPANY 

' A^SN OFFICE' AND FACTORY: . ' * 

72 ijsSoeaiiiO Avonoo, Oraaja, N. J. 

NEW YORls: OFFICE - - - 10 Fifth Av*38t» 
CHICAGO OFFICE - - - 304 WaxtaooSi Avenue 

OFFiCB FOR(. UW8TEO KINODOAI: " 
23 CJtsrkecweJI R«ted, LoautOG, E.G., EagteEd ' 

SELLING AGENTS: 

The Kloetograph Comoany, 41.3Zsst 21st Street, Ntrtr York 
George Brsct, 4i50-^S<f Grorwa Streot, Son Praiwasco, C*i 

, . ORAUjas.8« .aj.PRi>!ca»Ai.crmg5 ,. .. 



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WILL BE A WINNER W , *iBt'''-' f' 

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We are now prepared to mate immediate deliveries of 



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ComplstA with eepec.£&U? <) rfdtV'IE'-iE'jf'k ^V/\ £ 



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Remember^ this marvelous instrument is sold under .be guarantee of oar firm that it is the greatest passible added 
attractioB to any. Moving Picture or"Vahdeville Theatre. The moving pictures, acting in harmontoss conjunction Trfth a 
perfect synchronizing apparatus (which can be attached to any standard projecting machine), givss a complete performance: 
o£ sales, monologues, duets, concerts, operas and dramas, in fact everything that can be produced on -the dramatic, operatic 
or vaudeville stage. ■ . 

BE THE FIRST IN YOUR GlTY 

To place one of these -wonderful instruments and reap the big reward that is-'sare to follow. 

••Tiso eeueds cS enisle are reproduced simeltaats&sly ac^ 

syechrosoasJy wife tfee actios o? yoeir pictures." 

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' In ordering §tate what Tnnto* of machine yoa hive, and also how often you will want to order a change of DTOgTaiD 
through the medium of OUR RBNTAL LIBRARY OF FILMS AND DISKS. 

FWLMB 

As in the past our shelves will be filled only with the world's best products. 

PRQJECTIPO MAOff Ip^ 

Every standard make; we sell or rent according to the needs of the customer. 

RfiEO^A^0C>IIim 

Cuts your electric biUs'ih half; W© gUSfSifttee tfolSo, Install one now. 






MIMMAX 

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Most perfect fire extinguisher ever manufactured; retails for £12.50. We want M. P. men 



everywhere to act as agents. Write for terms. 

100,000 strip tickets for $10.06; -x, 000,600 for $95.00. 



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Remember, this marvelous instrument is sold under .he guarantee of oar firm that it is the greatest possible added 
attraction to any Moving Picture or Vaudeville Theatre. The moving pictures, acting in harmonious conjunction with a 
perfect synchronizing apparatus (which can be attached to any standard projecting machine) . gives a complete pe rf ormance 
of solos, monologues, duets, concerts, operas and dramas, in fact everything that can be produced on the dramatic, operatic 
or vaudeville stage. 

BE THE FIRST IN YOUR CITY. - 

To place one of these wonderful instruments and reap the big reward that is sure to follow. 

" The sounds of music ore reproduced simultaneously and 
synchronously with the action of your pictures." 

In ordering state what make of machine you have, and also how often you will want to order a change of program 
through the medium of OUR RENTAL LIBRARY OP FILMS AND DISKS. 



As in the past our shelves will be filled only with the world's best products. 



PROJECTING MACHINES 

Every standard make; we sell or rent according to the needs of the customer. 



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RHEOSTATOeiDE 

Cuts your electric bills in half; We guarantee fclfalS. Install one now. 

MINIMAX 

Most perfect fire extinguisher ever manufactured; retails for $12.50. We want M. P. men 
everywhere to act as agents. Write for terms. 

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11 Sast &4tfe Street, Mew York 

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two $wm& wnirs 

THE, RI 

574 feet 

THE FAR 

306 feet 
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82 feet 

Magistrate's Crime 

448 feet 

145 E. TWENTY - THIRD STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 



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This VDeek Two Mow/ Ideal Comedy Subjects 

The Financial Scare 

Length, about 435 feet Code Word, Afcacot 

The BJewly weds ' Fiffsl Meal 

Length, about 325 feet Cede Word Miaisor 

The Fooar Footed Hero 

The greatest Dog and Child rescue scene ever depicted. 
The success of 1007. 

Length, aboat 600 feet Code .Word, Canine 



TSie Two Orphans 

This unparalled reproduction of the original drama is 
still in as great demand as when first released. 



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OS-4S Pocls Court, GE3ECA.GO. ILI*. 



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nine 



Model 190C 



The Latest— The Best 
Flidferless Pictures—Steady Pictures— Brilliant Pictures 



Designed, built and especially ^dinted 
for toe heavy and exacting work of tho 





NEW YORfC 
662 SIXTH AVE. 62 STATE £ 

. MONTREAE,, ©AE3ASSA 
La Patria Building 



as well as the 
require- 
ments of the 
traveling ex- 
hibitor. 

The New 
Cona Shut* 

tor cares SO t 
to *5£ of tho 
non-expos- 
ure. Flicker 
eliminated. 

Ha* New 
Qaklf Shift 

RewtoJ.The 
film is re- 
wound in 2 
minutes from the main crank without re- 
moral of reels or magazines. 

Tho Automatic Safety Rrc-procf 
Starter b the/only one that is cafe and 

JSMa Carrier Swiss saves one-third of 
/&e light, hence to much brighter pictures. 

AS Working Parts EEdeaed saves care 
and wear and girea better results. Ma- 
chine will tat twice as long. 

A Steadier Picture because accurately 
mane. 

Hsu s psrfect Tekc-up that'll different 
from the others. 

Arc; Lass? with ell hand wheel adjust- | 
cents; result— better pictures. 

Has LlS-Ctt WMc Open Lamp Hesse. ! 
Both lids and top f nil open. 

Is especially adapted tor eso 
with Motor. /jg 

Is entirely tire-proof. 



It b simple, strong 
rigid, artistic end <3ur- 
able, and projects e 
picture that is aston- 
ishingly better than 
other machines. 

la furnished with the 
Gibraltar Swlvelco 
Adjustable Iron Pedes- 
tal Stand. Solid as a 
rock— picture 
projected where 
you want it. 

If yea [save a 
eaachlae, throw 
it out and Install 
the tlotiojraph. 
Tho investment 
1 is aboat 90 cents 
\ per day for one 
I year. Equal to 
F twelve new pat- 
rons or twelve 
present ones re- 
tained, figure it 
either or both ways. 
Wo are also agents for the Model B 
Calcimn Gas Outfit, which is almost in- 
dispcnsabla to the Traveling Exhibitor. 
ana a great emergency convenience to 
the 5 Cent Theatre is the absence of 
electricity. 

The New Interchangeable Osremo- 
tropa Arnoimrrtncwt Is a Five Cent 
Theatre novelty of great value. 

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The Cigavette Smoker. 

Calling on a manufacturer the other day, the question 
of what to do with the cigarette fiend, as an operator, 
came to the front, and after expressing our opinion,, we 
were informed that the representative of a trade circular, 
combining one or. two remarks, that had been made by 
others, was making capital out of our reports of fires 
and other information of like nature. It was remarked 
that it was bad policy for us, as the leading organ of .the 
trade, to touch upon such subjects; that several adverse 
criticisms had been made as to the 'propriety of reporting 
such information; that it had a tendency to frighten off a 
few prospective customers, and that there was no real 
danger from fires — at least, if there was, they should, be 
ignored, because there was no necessity for anyone to 
learn about them, on the principle that where ignorance 
is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. This reminds us of the 
ostrich, whjch at the time of danger buries its head in 
the sand and imagines it is safe, forgetting its great 
bulky body is in full evidence to its pursuers. So long 
as we have the conduct of this paper, our pen will be 
used in the endeavor to eliminate all the folly of minimiz- 
ing that which every honest man in the trade must ac- 
knowledge is a very grave danger, and inimical to the 
best interests of those who have the uplifting of the 
cause at heart. When our editorials on this subject are 
being reprinted in the fire journals and quoted at meet- 
ings of the boards of fire underwriters as being to the 
point; the fact that fire inspectors are writing for our 
opinion, and that our attitude is being endorsed by our 
readers, is sufficient proof to us of the need for such 
reports we elect to publish. The case in point that orig- 
inated the above, is the recent fire in Joyland Amuse- 
ment Company's nickelodeon, Hudson street, New York. 
Benjamin Metzger, a boy nearly seventeen years old, was 
at the machine, smoking a cigarette, and the film running 



loose. He throws his cigarette away, it falls onto the 
film, and a fire is the result of this action. But this is 
not all. The machine, an up-to-date one,, fulfilling the 
requirements of the underwriters, is condemned as being 
faulty. Now, ' gentlemen, use your common-sense and 
ask yourselves, What does this mean ? Is every machine 
to be again put to vigorous tests? Have you again to 
fight for existence ? And all the work to be begun again ; 
time wasted ; acrimonious remarks made and listened to 
in silence. Have you to go again, cap in hand, begging 
the powers that be to grant you a hearing? — and perhaps 
be snubbed for your pains. Is it right, or just, or sen- 
sible, to treat you thus? And for what? The folly of a 
boy who was smoking at work. It ought to be made a 
criminal offense, liable to imprisonment, for anyone to 
smoke at such a time. We have advocated, and still 
insist, that the only solution of the problem is to license 
the operator, who must be over twenty-one years of age, 
capable of passing any test submitted to him, and a non- 
smoker. "Yes," said our friend, "but if you get such 
operators, you will have to pay them." There's the whole 
crux of the problem — dollars and cents — and we emphat- 
ically assert that the man who for the saving of a few 
dollars jeopardizes the lives of the public, is as big a 
criminal as the cigarette fiend he employs, and should 
be held to his full modicum of responsibility. Yes, it 
means the employment of an intelligent, capable body of 
men, who know their business. What are a few paltry 
dollars compared with the satisfaction of knowing there 
is a man, and not a boy, in the booth? Not only in the 
booth, but in the workshop. It is still fresh in the minds 
of the trade how the fire in Attorney street was caused. 
If not, let us recapitulate. One of the employes was re- 
winding film and smoking a cigarette ; another employe 
brought three or four reels more and the smoker put his 
cigarette on the bench in a position for the other man 
to put the reels of film on to it. Result : The whple place 
gutted — and in a crowded tenement locality. Honestly, 
now, ask yourselves, can you wonder at the action of the 
fire underwriters ? The cause you all know ; the remedy 
lies with yourselves as above outlined. Eliminate the 
cigarette from among your films. And in conclusion: 
Don't smoke yourself when you go among your own films. 
It sets your employees a bad example. 



Illustrating a Lecture. 

By Burton H. Albee. 

Selecting the subject and preparing the lecture are 
really but a comparatively small part of the work. It 
is essential, as has been pointed out previously, that the 
subject be carefully selected and the preparation be as 
thorough as the lecturer is capable of making it. And 
yet, in an illustrated lecture, he has done only a part of 
his work when this is done. The illustrations, which 
are to appeal to the eye of the audience, are more im- 
portant than some lecturers appear to think. The mix- 
tures of good and poor illustrations, or those which par- 
tially illustrate the subject in some lectures, indicate that 
the lecturer had no clear idea of what he intended doing, 
or else did not understand the important art of making 
text and illustrations correspond. 

Many lecturers believe they can prepare a lecture and 
then go to some large slide house and pick out illus- 
trations. But judging from the botch generally made 
when lectures are illustrated in this way, no greater 
mistake could be made. Machine-made illustrations are 
not suitable. They show that something is wrong.' The 
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lustration of the lecturer is lacking, and the lecture suf- 
fers -proportionately. Text and illustrations must corre- 
spond, or there will be painful pauses and disconcerting 
breaks which will cause anything but a favorable im- 
pression. 
. The pictures must always be good. This doesn't mean 
that all must necessarily be among the best examples of 
art, and yet if this were possible, how much more pleasure 
there would be in listening to an illustrated lecture. The 
better the pictures are the more pleasure they will excite 
and the better the impression on the audience. 

Far too often the pictures are not good, and when the 
pictures are not good and do not illustrate, the combina- 
tion is about as bad as possible, and it is difficult to 
understand how such lecturers succeed at all. It would 
seem as though present day audiences would refuse to 
listen to them. But apparently there is no end to their 
multiplication. They go on and on, and in numerous 
instances make a success, so far as money is concerned. 
That better success for which everyone should strive, 
which is not measured by dollars, will never be reached 
under such circumstances. 

Every lecturer who achieves success knows that the 
only way to make his text and his illustrations harmonize 
is to go over the ground personally, camera in hand. If 
he doesn't operate the camera himself he should direct 
its operation and have the pictures made to exactly illus- 
trate his thought. It is hard work, and it means a great 
deal of personal inconvenience in numerous instances, 
perhaps in most, but the harmonious relations of text 
and illustrations can be obtained in no other- way. 

Possibly it will be maintained by some that lectures are 
often successfully prepared from books, which is not 
denied, but here the same general principles apply. The 
illustrations must be prepared to go with the text, whether 
the text be prepared from books or from a personal visit 
to the locality. The lecturer should keep in mind the 
absolute necessity of harmony. 

Sometimes a lecture can be prepared from books and 
yet have illustrations of the scenes or incidents described 
made especially for it. But even then the matter of per- 
sonal selection will be found to be the principal feature 
in the text and the illustrations. This element must be 
strongly emphasized or the lecture will be little more 
than a perfunctory statement of fact or fancy with ma- 
chine-made illustrations to accompany it, a really unsat- 
isfactory and unimpressive combination. 

In making the photographs for the illustrations, as- 
suming that the lecturer is doing this himself, extreme 
care must be exercised in the selection of the views. It 
seems an easy thing to go out and make negatives to illus- 
trate a lecture, yet a trial of it will demonstrate beyond 
question that it is not easy and that much study is re- 
quired to-secure pictures which are really satisfactory. 
The camera l^one of the marvels of modern times, but 
it has one fault which must be carefully watched — it 
takes everything within the field of view. The lens is 
over-truthful, and being wholly without artistic imagina- 
tion it impresses upon the sensitive film everything, no 
matter how commonplace or inartistic it may be, and 
often the illustrations suffer seriously in consequence. 

The artistic sense of the photographer, or the one who 
is directing his operations, must be well developed, 
through cultivation, or else the resulting pictures will 
contain many inartistic and perhaps actually repulsive 
objects or scenes. This applies quite as forcibly to rec- 
ords, of which there are necessarily a good many in a 
lecture, 'as it does^ to what may be termed the pictorial 
views. A record is a record, but there are great differ- 



ences in records, and the lecturer should study art prin- 
ciples enough to qualify him to make or direct the making 
of good pictures, otherwise something will alwavs be 
lacking, no matter how conscientiously one may work. 

While the right way to prepare a lecture and its illm. 
trations is as has been pointed out, there is one other 
way which is often followed and may be attended with 
reasonably satisfactory results. One may select the slides 
from the stock of any reputable maker or dealer and 
write the lecture around them. Where no other means 
is possible, this is permissible, and if one works carefully, 
good lectures can be prepared and illustrated in this way! 

Very many lecturers are doing this. Probably all but 
very few of the vast number of illustrated religious lec- 
tures which are given all over the United States are 
prepared in this way. In fact, it is the only. way that 
the average minister or Sunday school superintendent can 
do it. Few have ever been over the ground^ described, 
consequently they are compelled to adopt a substitute! 
and this method yields reasonably good results. 

The work can be done well, and is often done well, 
yet at its best it will fall far short of the results of the 
other method, preparing illustrations to illustrate the 
text. If one can do this, his thought is not hampered and 
his expression can be full and free. In other words, he 
can develop his thought freely without regard to the 
limitations imposed by illustrations and make his illus- 
trations a part of his thought. Unless this is done there 
can be no successful combination of text and illustrations. 

Possibly lecturers will say that it is impossible to per- 
sonally make, or direct the making, of the illustrations 
for any particular lecture, yet it will be admitted that 
the masters among lanternists do this. Prof. Elmendorf, 
Burton Holmes in these later times ; John Stoddard and 
Henry Regan in days past. These lecturers made and 
are making perfectly harmonious lectures and illustra- 
tions because they personally do all the work themselves. 
Prof. Elmendorf has spent many hundreds of dollars 
upon the apparatus with which he makes his negatives, 
and a larger proportion of them are made by his own 
hand. Those who have enjoyed the intellectual treat of 
listening to one of his lectures and seeing the beautiful 
pictures with which they are illustrated, will .appreciate 
what is meant by this harmonious combination. And the 
same observation applies with equal force' to the admirable 
lectures and illustrations of Burton Holmes. 

Certain limitations may prevent doing as well as might 
be desired, yet if a lecturer follows the general plan of 
these masters, and develops his own individuality in the 
same direction as much as possible, he will be doing the 
right thing and his work will be far more acceptable than 
it would be otherwise. Gradually he will strengthen his 
own individuality and style and in doing this he will 
establish a reputation for good work which will be worth 
all the effort exerted. 



Argenta, Kan., has a moving picture show which is said to 
be the equal of any in the country. The Enlow Wright Amuse- 
ment Company opened the only show in Argenta this week. It 
is a high-class attraction in every respect. Separate accommo- 
dations are to be provided for white and colored people. A 
large variety of films is to be shown, and none will be allowed 
to become old. Constant* change is to be a feature of the exhibit 



In . Whitehall, N. Y., Smith Brothers, of Saratoga Springs, 
who operate moving picture shows in Saratoga, Schenectady and 
Glens Falls, under -the name of the Wonderland Circuit, have 
leased the Smith-Millet Building on Canal street, and are mak- 
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The Nickelodeons. 

By Joseph Mendill Patterson (in the Saturday Evening Post). 

Three years ago there was not a nickelodeon, or five-cent 
theater devoted to moving picture shows, in America. To-day 
there are between four and five thousand running and solvent, 
and the number is still increasing i rapidly. This is the boom 
time in the moving picture business. Everybody is making 
money— manufacturers, renters, jobbers, exhibitors. Over- 
production looms up as a certainty of the near future; but 
now, as one press agent said enthusiastically, "this line is a 
Klondike." 

The nickelodeon is tapping an entirely new stratum of peo- 
ple, is developing into theatergoers a section of population thai 
formerly knew and cared little about the drama as a fact in 
life. That is why "this line is a Klondike" just at present 

Incredible as it may seem, over two million people on the 
average attend the nickelodeons every day of the year, and a 
third of these are children. 

Let us prove up this estimate. The agent for the biggest 
firm of film renters in the country told me that the average 
expense of running a nickelodeon was from $175 to $200 a week, 
divided as follows: 

Wage of manager ., $25 

Wage of operator 20 

Wage of doorman 15 

Wage of porter or musician .-. . 12 

Rent of films (two reels changed twice a 

week) .• '. 50 

Rent of projecting machine 10 

Rent of building 40 

Music, printing, "campaign contributions," 

etc. 18 

1 Total $190 

Merely to meeet expenses, then, the average nickelodeon must 
have a weekly attendance of 4,000. This gives all the. nickel- 
odeons 16,000,000 a week, or over 2,000,000 a day. Two million 
people a day are needed before profits can begin, and the two 
million are forthcoming. It is a big thing, this new enterprise. 

The nickelodeon is usually a tiny theater, containing 199 seats, 
giving from twelve to eighteen performances a day, seven days 
a week. Its walls are painted red. The seats are ordinary 
kitchen chairs, not fastened. The only break in the red color 
scheme is made by half a dozen signs, in black and white, No 
Smoking, Hats Off, and sometimes, but not always, Stay as 
Long as You Like. 

The spectatorium is one story, high, twenty-five feet wide and 
about seventy feet deep. Last year or the year before it was 
probably a second-hand clothiers, a pawnshop or cigar store. 
Now, the counter has been ripped out, there is a ticket-seller's 
booth where the show window was, an automatic musical barker 
somewhere up in the air thunders its noise down on the passer- 
by, and the little store has been converted into a theaterlet. 
Not a theater, mind you, for theaters must take out theatrical 
licenses at $500 a year. Theaters seat two hundred or more 
people. Nickelodeons seat 199, and take out amusement licenses. 
This is the general rule. 

But sometimes nickelodeon proprietors in favorable locations 
take out theatrical licenses and put in 800 or 1,000 seats. In 
Philadelphia there is, perhaps, the largest nickelodeon in Amer- 
ica. It is said to pay not only the theatrical license, but also 
$30,000 a year ground rent and a handsome profit 

To-day there is cutthroat competition between the little nickel- 
odeon owners, and they are beginning to compete each other 
put of existence. Already consolidation has set in. Film-rent- 
ing firms are quietly beginning to pick up, here and there, a few 
nickelodeons of their own; presumably they will make better 
rates and give prompter service to their own theaterlets than 
to those belonging to outsiders. The tendency is clearly toward 
fewer, bigger, cleaner five-cent theaters and more expensive 
shows. Hard as this may be on the little showman who is 
forced out, it is good for the public, who will, in consequence, 
get more for their money. 

The character of the attendance varies with the locality, but, 
whatever the locality, children make up about thirty-three per 
cent, of the crowds. For some reason, young women from six- 
teen to thirty years old are rarely in evidence, but many middle- 
aged and old women are steady patrons, who never, when a new 
film is to be shown, miss the opening. 

In cosmopolitan city districts the foreigners attend in larger 
proportion than the English-speakers. This is doubtless because 
the foreigners, shut out as they are by their alien tongues from 
touch of the life about them, can yet perfectly understand the 
Pantomime of the moving pictures. 



As might be expected, the Latin races patronize the shows 
more consistently than Jews, Irish or Americans. Sailors of 
all races are devotees. 

Most of the shows have musical accompaniments. The en- 
terprising manager usually engages a human pianist with in- 
structions to play Eliza-crossing-the-ice when the scene is shud- 
d'ery, and fast ragtime in a comic kid chase. When there is 
little competition, however, the manager merely presses the 
button and starts the automatic going, which is as apt as not 
to bellow out, "I'd Rather Two-Step Than Waltz, Bill," just as 
the angel rises from the brave little hero-cripple's corpse. 

The moving pictures were used as chasers in vaudeville houses 
for several years before the advent of the nickelodeon. The 
cinematograph or vitagraph or biograph or -kinetbscope (there 
are seventy-odd- names for the same machine) was invented in 
1888-1889. Mr. Edison is said to have contributed most toward 
it, though several other inventors claim part of the credit 

The first very successful pictures were those of the Corbett- 
Fitzsimmons fight at Carson City, Nevada, in 1897. These films 
were shown all over the country to immense crowds and an 
enormous sum of money was made by the exhibitors. 

The Jeffries-Sharkey fight of twenty-five rounds at Coney 
Island, in November, 1899, was another popular success. The 
contest being at night, artificial Tight was necessary, and 500 arc 
lamps were placed above the ring. Four cameras were used. 
While one was snapping the fighters, a second was being focnsed 
at them, a third was being reloaded, and a fourth was held in 
reserve in case of breakdown. Over seven miles of film were 
exposed and 198,000 pictures, each 2 by 3 inches, were taken. 
This fight was taken at. the rate of thirty pictures to the second. 

The 500 arc lamps above the ring generated a temperature of 
about us degrees for the gladiators to fight in. When the 
event was concluded, Mr. Jeffries was overheard to remark 
that for no amount of money would- he ever again in his life 
fight in such heat, pictures or no pictures. And he never has. 

Since that mighty fight, manufacturers have learned a good 
deal about cheapening their process. Pictures instead of being 
2 by 3 inches are now % by 1 % inches, and are taken sixteen 
instead of thirty to the second, for the illusion to the eye of 
continuous motion is as perfect at one rate as the other. 

By means of a ratchet each separate picture is made to pause 
a twentieth of a second before the magic-lantern lens, throwing 
an enlargement to life size upon the screen. Then, while the 
revolving shutter obscures the lens, one picture is dropped and 
another substituted, to make in turn its twentieth of a second 
display. 

The films are, as a rule, exhibited at the rate at which they 
are taken, though chase scenes are usually thrown faster, and 
horse-races, fire-engines a"hd fast-moving automobiles slower, 
than the life-speed. 

Within the past year an automatic process to colo'r films has 
been discovered by a French firm. The pigments are applied 
by means of a four-color machine stencil. Beyond this bare 
fact the process remains a secret of the inventors. The stencil 
must do its work with extraordinary accuracy, for any minute 
error in the application of color to outline made' upon the % by 
1% inches print is magnified 200 times when thrown upon the 
screen by the magnifying lens. The remarkable thing about this 
automatic colorer is that it applies the pigment in slightly dif- 
ferent outline to each successive print of a film 700 feet long. 
Colored films sell for about fifty per cent, more than blacks and 
whites. Tinted films — browns, blues, oranges, violets, greens 
and so forth— are made by washing, and sell at but one per cent 
oyer the straight price. 

The films are obtained in various ways. "Straight" shows, 
where the interest depends on the dramatist's imagination and 
the setting, are merely playlets acted out before the rapid-fire 
camera. Each manufacturing firm owns a studio with property- 
room, dressing-rooms and a completely-equipped stage. The 
actors are experienced professionals of just below the first rank, 
who are content to make from $18 to $25 a week. In France 
a class of moving-picture specialists has grown up who work 

Only for the cameras, but in this country most of the artists who 
play in the film studios in the daytime play also behind the foot- 
lights at night. 

The studio manager orders rehearsals continued until his peo- 
ple have their parts "face-perfect," then he gives the word, the 
lens is focused, the cast works rapidly for twenty minutes while 
the long strip of celluloid whirs through the camera, and the per- 
formance is preserved in living, " dynamic embalmment (if the 
phrase may be permitted) for decades to come. 

Eccentric scenes, such as a chalk marking the outlines of a 
coat upon a piece of cloth, the scissors cutting to the lines, the 
needle sewing, all automatically without human help, often re- 
quire a week to take. The process is ingenious. First. the # scis- 
sors and chalk are laid' upon the edge of the cloth. The picture 
is taken. The camera is stopped, the scissors are moved a quar- 



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ter of an inch over the cloth. The camera is opened again and 
another picture is taken showing the quarter-inch cut and quar- 
ter-inch mark. The camera is closed, another quarter inch is 
cut and chalked; another exposure is made. When these pic- 
tures so slowly obtained are run off rapidly, the illusion of fast 
self-action on the part of the scissors, chalk and needle is 
produced. 

Sometimes in a nickelodeon yon can see on the screen a 
building completely wrecked in five minutes. Such a film was . 
obtained by focusing a camera at the building, and taking every 
salient move of the wreckers for the space, perhaps, of a fort- 
night. When these separate prints, obtained at varying inter- 
vals, some of them perhaps a whole day apart, are run together 
continuously, the appearance is of a mighty stone building be- 
ing pulled to pieces like a house of blocks. 

Such eccentric pictures were in high demand a couple of years 
ago, but now the straight-story show is running them out. The 
plots are improving every year in dramatic technique. ■ Manu- 
facturing firms pay from $5 to $25 for good stories suitable for 
film presentation, and it is astonishing how many sound dra- 
matic ideas are submitted by people of insufficient education to 
render their thoughts into English suitable for the legitimate 
stage. 

The moving-picture actors are becoming excellent pantomim- 
ists, which is natural, for they cannot rely on the playwright's 
tines to make their meanings. I remember particularly a per- 
formance I saw near Spring street, on the Bowery, where the 
pantomime seemed to me in nowise inferior to that of Mademoi- 
selle Pilar-Morin, the French pantomimist. 

The nickelodeon spectators readily distinguish between good 
and bad acting, though they do not mark their pleasure or dis- 
pleasure audibly, except very rarely, in . a comedy scene, by a 
suppressed giggle. During the excellent show of which I have 
spoken, the men, women and children maintained a steady stare 
of fascination at the changing figures on the scene, and toward 
the climax, when forgiveness was cruelly denied, lips were 
parted and eyes filled with tears. It was as much a tribute to 
the actors as the loudest bravos ever shouted in the Metro- 
politan Opera House. 

To-day a consistent plot is demanded. There must be, as in 
the drama, exposition, development, climax and denouement. The 
most popular films run from fifteen to twenty minutes and are 
from five hundred to eight hundred feet long. One studio 
manager said: "The people want a story. We run to comics 
generally; they seem to take best. So-and-so, however, lean 
more to melodrama. When we started . we used to give just 
flashes — an engine chasing to a fire, a base-runner sliding home, 
a charge of cavalry. Now, for instance, if we want to work 
in a horse race it has to be as a scene in the life of the jockey, 
who is the hero of the piece — we've got to give them a story; 
they won't take anything else — a story with plenty of action. 
You can't show large conversation, you know, on the screen. 
More story, larger story, better story with plenty of action — 
that is our tendency." 

Civilization, all through the history of mankind, . has been 
chiefly the property of the upper classes, but during the past 
century civilization has been permeating steadily downward. 
The leaders of this democratic movement have been t general 
education, universal suffrage, cheap periodicals and cheap travel. 
To-day the moving picture machine cannot be overlooked as an 
effective protagonist of democracy.- For through it the drama, 
always a big fact in the lives of the people at the top, is now 
becoming a big fact in the lives . of the people at the bottom. 
Two million of them a day have so found a new interest in life. 

The prosperous Westerners, who take their week or fort- 
night, Fall and Spring, in New York, pay two dollars and a 
half for a seat at a problem play, a melodrama, a comedy or a 
show-girl show in a Broadway theater. The stokers who have 
driven the Deutschland or the Lusitania from Europe pay five 
cents for a seat at a problem play, a melodrama, a comedy or 
a show-girl show in a Bowery nickelodeon.. What is the dif- 
ference ? 

The stokers, sitting on the hard, wooden chairs of the nickel- 
odeon, experience the same emotional' flux and counter-flux 
(more intense is their experience, for they are not as blase) as 
the prosperous Westerners in their red plush orchestra chairs, 
up-town. 

The sentient life of the half-civilized beings at the bottom 
has been enlarged and altered, by the introduction of the dra- 
matic motif, to resemble more closely the sentient life of the 
civilized beings at the top. 

Take an analogous case. Is aimless travel "beneficial" or 
not? It is amusing, certainly; and, therefore,, the aristocrats 
who could afford it have always traveled aimlessly. But now, 
says the Democratic Movement, the grand tour shall no longer 
be restricted to the aristocracy. Jump; on the rural trolley-car, 
Mr. Workingman-, and make a grand tour yourself. Don't 



care, Mr. Workingman, whether it is "beneficial" or not. Do jj 
because it is amusing; just as the aristocrats do. ... . . 

Film people are as much at sea about what their crowds will I 
like as the managers in the "legitimate." 

Although, the gourd-like growth of the nickelodeon business I 
as a factor in the conscious life of Americans is not yet appre. '• 
dated, already a good many people are disturbed by what they 
do know of the thing. .'■-•« . - 

Those who are "interested in the poor" are wondering whether 
the five-cent theater is a good influence, and asking themselves 
gravely whether it should be encouraged or checked (with the 
help of the police). 

Is the theater a "good" or a "bad" influence? The adjectives 
don't fit the case. Neither do they fit the case of the nickelo- 
deon, which is merely the theater democratized. 

Take the case of the Passion Play, for instance. Is it irrev- 
erent to portray the Passion, Crucifixion, Resurrection and As- 
cension in a vaudeville theater over- a darkened stage where half 
an hour before a couple of painted, short-skirted girls were 
doing a "sister-act"? What is the motive which draws crowds 
of poor people to nickelodeons to see the Birth in the Manger 
flashed magic-lanternwise upon a white cloth? Curiosity?] 
Mere mocking curiosity, perhaps? I cannot answer. 

Neither could I say t what it is that, every fifth year, dram 
our plutocrats to Oberammergau, where at the cost, from first 
to last, of thousands of dollars and days of time, they view a 
similar spectacle presented in a sunny Bavarian setting. 

It is reasonable, however, to believe that the same feelings, 
whatever they are,_ which drew our rich to Oberammergau draw 
our poor to the nickelodeons. Whether the powerful emotional' 
reactions produced in the spectator by the Passion Play are 
"beneficial" or not is as far beyond decision as the question 
whether a man or an oyster is happier. The man is more, feels 
more, than the oyster. The beholder of the Passion Play is 
more, feels more, than the non-beholder. 

Whether for weal or woe, humanity has ceaselessly striven to 
complicate life, to diversify and make subtle the emotions, to 
create and gratify the new and artificial spiritual wants, to know 
more and feel more both of good and evil, to attain a greater 
degree of self-consciousness; just as the one fundamental in- 
stinct of the youth, which most systems of education have been 
vainly organized to eradicate is to find out what the man knows. 

In this eternal struggle for more self-consciousness, the mov- 
ing picture machine, uncouth instrument though it be, has en- 
listed itself on especial behalf of the least enlightened, those who 
are below the reach even of the yellow journals. For although 
in the prosperous vaudeville houses the machine is but a toy, 
a "chaser," in the nickelodeons it is the central, absorbing fact, 
which strengthens, widens, vivifies subjective life; which teaches 
living other than living through the senses alone. Already, per- 
haps, touching him at the psychological moment, it has awakened 
to his first, groping, necessary discontent the spirit of an artist 
of the future, who otherwise would have remained mute and 
motionless. 

The' nickelodeons are merely an extension course in civiliza- 
tion, teaching both its "badness" and its "goodness." They have 
come in obedience to the law of supply and demand; and they 
will stay as long as the slums stay, for in the slums they are 
the fittest and must survive. 



So great has been the growth of public interest in moving 
pictures within the last two years that one of the foremost vaude- 
ville theaters in this city is to be devoted wholly to the new 
form of entertainment. The house is Keith & Proctor's Twenty- 
third street. Beginning on December 6 moving pictures, with 
descriptive songs, will form the shows there. Admittance will 
be five cents and ten cents. No seats will be reserved. 

With the change in style of amusement, the theater's name 
also will be changed. Thenceforth it will be the Bijou Dream. 
It^ will be the largest and most perfectly appointed place in 
this country in which moving pictures are shown. The ' rapidity 
with which these pictures have developed into a popular amuse- 
ment, especially for those who are unable to pay the price of 
admittance to the average- show, is surprising. A few years 
ago, when the moving picture was introduced in connection 
with lectures, it was looked upon as an innovation that would 
be short-lived. But now millions of dollars are invested in such 
entertainments. 

Arrangements have been made with American and foreign 
firms to supply to the Bijou Dream the first sets of new pic- 
tures, so that in this theater the best scenes will be shown before 
they are seen anywhere else in this country. There will be 
three complete changes of pictures and songs every week. 



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That lecturing with moving pictures has met with decided 
approval by the public is well evidenced by the large crowds 
that nightly pack the Novelty^ Theater, at 871 Third avenue, New 
York City. The lecturer is Mr. James H. Flattery (better 
known as "Uncle Al."). Mr. Flattery was formerly a mem- 
ber of the Ed. Harrigan Irish Comedian Company, and is con- 
ceded to be one of the best humorists and elocutionists in the 
city. He is also a song writer.of no little ability, and his recent 
campaign song dedicated to Fire Commissioner F. J. Santry 
proved a big hit , 

Mr. Joseph F. Coufal is general manager of the Noveltv. 

- • yt ■ • 

The residents of Cherokee, la., have been wondering what 
Mr. Noonan was going to do with his purchase, the former 
Catholic Church. The curiosity has been satisfied by the an- 
nouncement that it is to be converted into a place of amusement 
and will be opened under the management of Noonan and 
Wheeler with an attractive moving picture programme. It is a 
permanent attraction with changes twice each week. The ad- 
mission is five and ten cents. 

' ■* * * 

Supreme Court Justice' Carr, in Brooklyn, N. Y., January 3, 
handed down a decision in the case of Thos. E. Finn, manager of 
the Majestic Theater, who was arrested 6n Sunday, December 22. 
charged with violating the Sunday law in permitting a moving 
picture show to be prouueed in his house. At the time he was 
placed under $500 bonds for his appearance in a police court. 
When arraigned he pleaded not guilty and declined to give 
bonds and was committed to jail, and then his counsel got a 
writ of habeas corpus for his discharge, holding that his arrest 
was illegal. 

Justice Carr in his opinion sustains the habeas corpus writ and 
dismisses the prisoner. He holds that the mere fact that a man is 
on the stage delivering a lecture is not "oublic entertainment" 
under the law, and that ' the "showing of the pictures clearly 
does not constitute a crime." 

Justice Carr specifically states that he has not gone to the bot- 
tom of the law, but bases his decision purely upon the testi- 
mony taken before him. 

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From Boston, Mass., a correspondent sends us information 

that after having served as a place of worship for upwards of 

half a century, the famous old church at the corner of Warren 

avenue and Berkeley street, known as Berkeley Temple, has been 

sold to an amusement company. 

It is expected to blossom forth with a high-class moving picture 
and illustrated song show which will mark the actual passing 
of the old edifice from the religious to the amusement world. 
Its next title will be "The Scenic Temple." . - " 

The new company which bought the Temple has for its presi- 
dent William D. Bradstreet, a man of broad experience in the 
handling of amusement enterprises and who is at the present 
time at the head of amusement houses in Providence, Taunton, 
Wsltham* and.Everett, and is building another in Marlboro. 

It is the intention of the management to conduct a high-class 
show . that will last for two hours each afternoon and evening. 
The management is now negotiating for the engagement of 
Rita Mario, the famous woman orchestra leader, whom they 
hope to have conduct a large women's orchestra that they have 
already hired. In the temple will at least for a time remain 
the $14,000 organ that was formerly in use there, and with the 
aid of this instrument it is planned to have several of the coun- 
try's best organists give brief organ recitals in connection with" 
the daily shows. 

The auditorium of the temple, -which it is estimated will seat 
about 3,000 persons, will soon be all refitted with ooera seats. 

The bill for the first week will be headed by J. W. Myers, 
long the star of the Edison Record Company staff of vocalists, 
who will -be heard in popular numbers. Miss Ada Jones, another 
of the Edison record stars, will also sing. In addition to these 
stars, a fine bill that will appeal to the women and children and 
better class of persons is being prepared. 

.„ Cinematograph exhibitions have recently been the objects of 

crusades" in various cities. These shows may so readily be 

conducted in an improper manner that it is not surprising that 



police chiefs and others have found them objectionable. In 
Chicago and elsewhere it has been charged that lewd or in- 
decent pictures were shown. A still graver charge is that the 
pictures have habitually shown dramas of crime, in which the 
courageous burglar or highwayman is the hero. The price of 
admission, whicH is the lowest possible, allows boys of very 
tender years to frequent the show houses, and it is alleged, 
probably with much justice, that these exhibitions have a de- 
moralizing effect, and inflame the imaginations of youngsters to 
deeds of violence. 

Such exhibitions as these should certainly be prohibited. They 
teach no good lesson, and they do not even furnish amusement 
to adult minds. A proprietor who depends for his patrons largely 
upon the street gamins should be forced out of business. 

But in another aspect the moving picture exhibitions are 
wholly admirable. The well-conducted exhibitions commonly 
present panoramas of travel in the countries of every continent, 
some of them in the most inaccessible lands of the globe. These 
pictures are highly educational. The scenes that they present 
are so realistic that the spectator imagines himself actually 
traveling in remote countries. Other praiseworthy pictures are 
those which show in detail the world's great industries. Even 
the little tragedies and comedies told by the pictures are in no 
way harmful as long as- they have no immoral suggestion. 

Intrinsically, the moving picture machine is really one of the 
greatest inventions of the age. Like many other things that 
are good in themselves, it may be put to a bad use. The nickel 
theater, with its insufferably cheap "vaudeville acts," and its 
ear-splitting phonograph, is undoubtedly a nuisance. The picture 
exhibition which is run decently, and shows pictures that are 
really educational, is not only no menace to public morals, but 
positively' a benefit in supplying a place where men and women 
may find really sensible recreation and amusement at the small- 
est possible expense.: — Cleveland Plain-Dealer. 

m. * * 

Canon Chase, in a statement, criticises the reported remark 
of Justice Carr in the case concerning the writ of habeas corpus 
for the man convicted of giving a moving picture show on Sun- 
day at the Majestic Theater, that there was no more reason 
for making such an arrest than for arresting a clergyman whom 
he had heard give a lecture on the Holy Land, illustrated, he 
says, in the same manner as in the theater, though the prob- 
abilities are that the clergyman's illustrations were by the stere- 
opticon and not by moving pictures. 

Canon Chase declares there is much difference, asserting that 
the theatrical presentation is simply for the making of profit. 
He declared that contracts calling for Sunday performances 
on the part of actors were illegal under the law prohibiting 
labor on Sunday. Thus, he says, the Doull ordinance is uncon- 
stitutional. 

The Canon continued: "If Justice Carr is correct in saying 
there is no difference, if the subject is educational, between a 
moving picture given in a church without admission fee on 
Sunday and the same thing given in a theater for pay, then as 
the law clearly forbids public shows on Sunday, the judge' can 
declare the offender now before him to be innocent, but should 
order the arrest of myself and other clergymen who occasionally 
use illustrations for the Sunday school on Sunday." 

* * * 

FIRE IN SHOW CAR. 

J. R Bonheur Severely Burned in Battle With Flames. 

San Diego, Texas, December 26— The two show cars belonging 
to Bonheur Bros., while en route to San Diego from Laredo 
Tuesday morning encountered a serious accident by fire, caused 
by a hot cinder from the engine. The show coach behind the 
Bonheur Bros.' baggage car has an office room that faced in 
the direction the train was going. The door of this room was 
left open fo a few moments while J. R. Bonheur stepped out on 
the platform. While the door stood open some hot cinders 
entered the car and set fire to some dry laundered clothes laying 
on a package of show bills. When discovered, a solid mass oi 
flame was pouring out of the open doorway. Mr. Bonheur in- 
stantly realized the danger of leaving the door open, as the 
draught of air caused by the rushing train would force the fire 
to eat out the partition separating the office from the men, 
women and children in the other end of the coach and imperil 
their lives before they would have time to escape, as they were 
' all unconscious of the impending danger. There was no way to 
get at the door to shut it and thus stop the draught of air except 
to reach through the mass of flames and grasp the door knob 
with his hand. This, Mr. Bonheur unhesitatingly did, and burned 
his left hand and arm seriously. One side of his face was badly 
blistered. His eyelashes and mustache were burned off, his left 
hand cooked and his ear dangerously burned. His derby hat was 
burned to a crisp, and his clothes were on fire as he. tried to signal 
the engineer. If he had thought to. turn off the air he could 



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A Tremendous Laugh for Every Audience 

See the 'FOOTBALL CRAZE " and then determine if 
we do not start the New Year right. We started them in 
laughing and we are going to make them keep it np, when 
they see our latest comedy "Jack of all Trades" thrown 
upon the screen. Yon have all heard about the master of 
everything, the one who thinks he is a plumber, baker, 
electrician, coachman, expressman, barber and paperhanger 
combined; so thought ' Jack of all Trades." 

DESCRIPTION. 

We open showing him securing' a situation as a coachman, 
and after trying for several minutes to attach the horse with 
the Viead toward the carriage, he is readily bounced by the 

employer. The next scene is getting a job as an express- 
man, and after dropping a trunk two flights of steps, and 
through a ceiling and through a dining-room table, he is 
roughly evicted from the house.; but this does not discourage 
him. He next tries his hand as a barber, which job he 
doesn't keep longer than It takes to throw him out. 

He next tries painting, and after painting everything in 
sight, from the bureau to a man dressing for an evening 
supper, he is again given his walking papers; and not yet 
discouraged, but next enters the employ of a paper hanger, 
and the way he tries to hang paper on a wall would make 
even the most gloomy scream with laughter; but the lady 
of the house does not scream. She boils with anger, and. 
grabbing poor Jack, she shows him the quickest way to the 
front door and unfortunately throws him on a butcher who 
Is talking to the servant girl in front. Quickly picking him- 
self up he spots an "ad" in the paper for an electrician. 
Though he has never turned his hand to this trade, he be- 
lieves that it is simple enough for him to take a chance, 
not knowing that sometimes electricity gives shocks. He 
enters the office of a merchant to repair his phone, and hap- 
pens to grab bold of a live wire; he makes everything llvelv 
around for a few minutes; the man of the office comes in 
and seeing such commotion being raised grabs hold of Jack, 
but unfortunately he also receives a shock and the two danca. 
around for quite a while until they are parted from the live 
wires and Jack is again thrown out to hunt for another sit- 
uation. This he quickly does and lands a job as a baker, 
and he happens to know as much about baking as a cat 
does about Sunday. The proprietor of the baker shop finds 
this out when he catches Jack kneading dough all over the 
floor. Again he is rudely thrown out of work. 

Bracing himself up for a last ordeal, he finds himself this 
time a plumber, another trade he knows notbing about. He 
is sent on a job to repair a leaking water pipe, and when 
It Is finished it would take a dozen plutuDers two weeks to 
get it back in order. The picture closes with the "Jack of 
AU Trades" holding an umbrella over himself to keep off the 

flow of water which he has caused by his Inexperience to 
come from the pipes. 

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have stopped the train, but never having experienced such an 
emergency it did not occur to him, and he spent his strength in 
swinging out from the railing of the platform, yelling himself 
hoarse. The cries of "Fire{" from Bonheur, after the train had 
gone over a mile, with the hot flames bursting out of the windows 
and door behind them, the glass breaking out from the intense 
heat, the signals of distress were heeded by the engineer, who 
brought the train slowly to a stop. The loss amounted to over 
$1,000, including $850 worth of moving picture film. 

Mr. Bonheur is said to be the father of the moving picture 
show. It is claimed that he originated the idea in 1883 and after 
working on the plans for three years he submitted them to Thos. 
A. Edison in 1086, who perfected the machine. Later advices 
state that Mr. Bonheur' s injuries are more serious than at first 
supposed and great praise is due him for his heroic effort tc pre- 
vent the flames from spreading to the coach containing the 

women and children. 

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OBITUARY. 
Dr. Coleman Sellers. 



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Dr. Coleman Sellers, the distinguished engineer and scientist, 
died in Philadelphia, December 28, 1007, aged eighty-one years. 
He was born in Philadelphia in 1827, and although his parents 
intended him to become a farmer, he devoted himself with en- 
thusiasm to scientific .and mechanical studies. He was educated 
at private schools in his native city and at Bolmar's Academy, 
West Chester, Pa, but he supplemented what instruction he 
received in his favorite studies by diligent reading and experi- 
mentation, often constructing his own apparatus and showing 
in this early work much of the skill and ingenuity which char- 
acterized his later achievement. He spent two years in agri- 
cultural pursuits, giving his time chiefly, however, to the im- 
proving of farm implements, and in his nineteenth year his 
mechanical bent was so obvious that he was engaged by his 
elder brothers as a draughtsman 'in the Globe Rolling Mills, at 
Cincinnati. Here he familiarized himself to such good purpose 
with all the details of the mills that he was able constantly to 
suggest simplifications and improvements in the processes. He 
was made superintehdent and general manager of the plant be- 
fore he had attained his majority. Owing to his success in 
building locomotive engines designed by his brother for use on 
the Panama Railroad, he was appointed foreman, in 1851, of 
the Niles & Co. locomotive works in Cincinnati. After five 
years, a kinsman, William Sellers, induced him to return to 
Philadelphia and take charge of the draughting room of William 
Sellers & Co., manufacturers of machinery and machinists' took 
In the course of his thirty years' service with this firm he became 
chief engineer of the establishment and was admitted to partner- 
ship in 1873. He designated a great variety of tools and ma- 
chinery during this period, all of it characterized by his usual 
originality and accuracy. 

Many interests other than those connected with his immediate 
work crowded Dr. Seller's" life, and to the full development of 
these his enthusiasm and ability seemed ever ready to respond 
In 1 861 he recommended the now indispensable absorbent cotton 
for use in surgery, and several years earlier he made himself 
master of the art of photography, which he wished to ttse in il- 
lustrating machinery fcr advertising purposes. As a result of 
his application to this side issue of his work, he was able to 
make many important improvements in photographic methods— 
notably in" the use of glycerine in keeping wet plates wet for 
an indefinite length of time. The kinematoscope, the earliest 
of the appliances for exhibiting "moving pictures," was pat- 
ented by him in 1861, and as early as 1873, in a- course of lec- 
tures delivered before the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, he 
took photographs by artificial light, and demonstrated at the 
same time the actinic properties of the invisible ultra-violet rays 
of the spectrum. He was one of the founders of the . Philadel- 
phia Photographic Society, and acted as American correspondent 
of the British Journal of Photography, besides constributing 
largely On the subject to publications in this- country.. 



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CORRESPONDENCE. 



. Slide Makers Organisation? 

New York, December 31, 1907. 
Editor Moving Picture World: 

As the manufacturers of films at the present time are 
aiming to produce the best results they possibly can, 
both in the way of novelty, artistic posing, quality, etc., 
so are the slide-makers. The illustrated song is as im- 
portant to the five-cent theater as the moving picture. 
Illustrations for songs should be beautiful, artistic and 
pleasing to the eye, therefore I, as the pioneer of the 
illustrated song slide makers, wish to make the following 
statement : 

There are a number of unscrupulous, mean individuals 
who have pirated, and stolen every good set of slides that 
they could lay their hands on. These people copy slides 
of my make, also those of other good manufacturers, 
and foist them on the public at a cheap price, the article 
being very inferior and at the same time bearing the 
names of the original manufacturers of the same. In 
this way the country is flooded with a lot of imitation 
slides which are poor, badly gotten up, and that damage 
the original manufacturers beyond description, kill the 
sale of the original product and ruin the business. I 
think that these men should be published and that the 
associations should protect the legitimate slide-maker by 
purchasing only from him and not from any imitator. A 
good set of slides cannot be^rrlade for less than $5.00 to 
the wholesaler, in large quantities, and a very fine slide 
cannot be made for anything like this. Therefore when 
these unscrupulous parties offer slides for a song at $2.00 
and $2.50, the only question that remains is, "How bad 
are they, and what do they give for the money ?" I think, * 
in the interest of art and the moving picture business in 
general, that your valuable publication should try to weed 
out these people and publish them in a manner so that 
it would be impossible for them to do any business with 
any respectable firm. There^are also a number of firms 
who publish inferior slides of songs that have been illus- 
trated (under contract of sole illustration) by legitimate 
slide-makefs. This also injures the business. 

Thanking you in advance, and wishing you a Happy 
New Year, I am, Sincerely yours, 

A. L. Simpson. 



Good Advice. 



Chicago, III., December 28, 1007. 
Editors, Moving Picture World: 

There is now being agitated the formation of an organization 
of motion picture operators and there seems to be a diversity of 
opinion of just what sort of an association would best serve the 
ends sought. Most of the written opinions, to date, so far as 
the writer has observed, bear the earmarks of inexperience in 
affairs of labor — and that is what the operator proposition, as 
it confronts us, amounts to. The end desired by all is the elimi • 
nation of the incompetent operator and the securing of adequate 
pay for competent men. This is what we all want, and the ac- 
complishment of these ends will eventually work to the good of 
all concerned, both employer and employee. 

But, after an experience of twenty years in the labor move- 
ment, allow me to say that these things cannot be done by any 
namby-pamby, good-Lord, good-devil association" of operators 
proposing to protect the operator, while at the same time catering 
to the employer. In the writer's humble judgment what is needed 
is a bona fide union of operators, affiliated with the electrical 
Workers' union, whose avowed and only purpose is to protect the 
operator. There is one thing and One thing only will ever 
eliminate the incompetent man, and that is establishment of a 
uniform wage scale. When the employer has to pay the same 
for the incompetent as for the good man he will naturally employ 
the latter, but so long as he is allowed to put on an incompetent 
man because he can get him cheap the incompetent will be with 



EDISON FILMS 

LATEST FEATURE SUBJECT. 
THE SUBURBANITE'S INGENIOUS ALARM. 

A New Comedy Hit. Pall of Amusing Incidents. 

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES. 

A broker's office In the City. Mr. Early, as usual, arrives late 
and Is caught by the manager and threatened with dismissal. 

Mr. Early buys an alarm clock which wakes him In tbe morning 
all right, but refuses to stop ringing- He smothers tbe sound under 
bis pillow and goes oS to sleep again. 

The late Mr. Early misses street cars and trains and arrives at 
tbe office In time to get another lecture from tbe manager. 

Mr. Early bits upon a plan. He buys a rope. Ties It to his wrist 
—drops It from bis window and arranges with his friend to pull it in 
the morning, as be passes by, feeling sure this Ingenious alarm will 
get him up In tbe morning — which It does, but not In the manner 
be expected. 

Near the small boors of tbe morning a burglar espies the rope 
hanging from tbe second story window and Is about to ascend, when , 
be Is lnterruped by a policeman, who at once proceeds to investigate 
by climbing up the rope. Mr. Early . finds himself suddenly Jerked 
ont of bed, on to the floor and np to the window. He explains to 
the policeman hi* ingenious alarm. 

He Is again aroused by a tipsy clubman upon whom be empties a 
basin of water and then goes back to bed; this time tying tbe rope 
around his feet. 

A milk wagon appears on tbe scene and the tipsy clubman baa bis 
revenge. He fastens tbe rope to the mUk wagon, which drives off, 
pulling poor Mr. Early out of bed. Out of the window and into tbe 
street, away the mUk wagon drags him; down the street; around 
corners; over mud holes, until at last he Is rescued by a passing 
policeman and sent back borne In tbe milk wagon — but very mncb 
awake. _. - , 

Mr. Early arrives at tbe office In bandages and on crutches, but 
on time — at 5 a. m. — much to the amusement of the scrub woman. 
No. 6338. Code, Veerkracht. Length, 595 ft. Class A. $89.25 

OTHER LATE FEATURE FILMS. 

Ho. 6336. LAUGHING GAS.— Class A. Code. Veerboot. 575 ft. 

{86.25. For complete syno psis send for Circular No. 340. 
Ho. 6335. COLLEGE CHTJMS. — Class A. Code. Veenwortel. 700 ft. 

$105.00. For complete synopsis send for Circular No. 339. 

No. 6334. THE TRAXNER'S DAUGHTER. — Clin A. Code. Veeu- 

werker. 800 ft. $120.00. For complete synopsis send for Circular 

Ho^°6333.' MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PATJL REVERE.— Class A. Code, 
Veenwater. 815 ft. $137.25. For complete synopsla send for Clrcu- 

Hof r 6332. JACK, THE KISSES.— Class A. Code. Veenrook. 755 ft. 

£113.25. For -complete synopsis send for Circular No. 331. 
No. 6331. A EACE FOB MILLIONS.— Class A. Code, Veengrond. 

975 ft. S14G.25. For complete synopsis send for Circular No. 3.8. 
Ho. 6330. THE RIVALS.— <:iass A. Code. Veengraver. 780 ft. $117.00. 

For complete svnopsls send for Circular No. 327. 
No. 6329. STAGE STRUCK. — Class A. Code. Yeendamp. iSo ft. 

$117.75. For complete synopsis send for Circular No. 320. 
Ho. 6328. THREE AMERICAN BEAUTIES. NO. S — Class A. Code. 

Veenbaas. Length 85 ft. Price. $24.50. For complete synopsis 
send for Circular No. 337. 

ATTENTION! ATTENTION I ATTENTION I 

NicKeledeoa and: Vaudeville Manager*, Dealers, Banters, and 

Exhibitor*. ^^ 

The following list of headline and feature subjects are ENTIRELY 
HEW to a large number of those HOW identified with the motion 

§icture business, as well as to a majority of the patrons of the 
RESENT DAY of motion picture exhibitions. We have just ailed 
a, SINGLE order from ona of tha largest and oldest exhibition and 
rental houses in the country for 40,000 feet of nlm selected from tbe 
subjects given below, which tella its own story plainer than words. 
Why should YOU not take this opportunity to profit by •xiatmr con- 
ditions t All ordinary size orders made up and shipped within 14 
hours after receipt of order. 

No. No ' 

5799. The Great Train 6241. A Winter Straw 

Robbery 740. A Hide 500, A 

6034. Capture of ' "Yegg" 6245. The Terrible Kids. .600. A 

Bank Burglars 960. A 6259. Life of a Cowboy ... 1000. A 

C045. Parsifal 1975,3 6223A. Life of an American 

C052. Maniac Chase 530. B Policeman, with section 

6116. The Kleptomaniac... 070, A Bhowlng desperate en- 

6120. The Seven Ages 415, A counter between burglar 

6127. How Jones Lost His „J5 d T P olIce .;,- •A«^"'t^^ ' 

Roll 575. A 6263. How the Office Boy 

6147. "Raffles" tbe Dog.. 635. A Saw the Ball Game..... 780, A 

6159. Stolen by Gypsies.. 845, A 6265. Watting at the 

6181. The Little Train Chdrch •• 470. A 

Robbery 725. A 6266. Kathleen Mavoor- 

6187. The White Caps 835, A necn- ...... •-:•• ••• 1 2§X" f 

C100. Poor Algy 315. A 6276. Getting Evidence.... W0. A 

G311. The Watermelon 6277. Scenes and Incident* 

Patch 725. A U. S. Military Academy. 

6214. Down on thrTSfm.. 440, A West Point /"iV **'• A 

6222. Train Wreckera 815. A 6279. Honeymoon at Nl- 

6221.vEvervbody Works agara Falls... low, a 

huTT Father 350, A 6312. Daniel Boone: or 

C223. Life of an American Pioneer Days In Amer- 

Policeman, with section lea -. ... . .- fXi » 

showing river tragedy .. 1000, A 0313. The Teddy Bears. ... 935. A 

C239. Dream of a Rarebit 6327. Tbe Nine Lives of a 

Fiend - 470, A Cat v *>. A 



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us. You may attempt his elimination by means of "examining 
boards." That would probably help some, but only in a very 
measurable degree. An operators' union by itself would be able 
to accomplish little, but by the aid of the electrical workers it 
could do much. _ An operator should receive SO cents per hour on 
long run with time and a half for "evening only" shows, but he 
will never -again get that wage except through a fight An 
operator's union must- expect a fight but it must, to be successful, 
be conservatively managed and must bend its first efforts to 
thorough organization, attempting nothing else of moment until 
that end has been accomplished. It must then not. attempt to 
establish such a scale as above named all at once. It must be 
done gradually but firmly, the position taken being that a house 
that cannot afford to pay decent wages has no business to open 
at all. There should be no injustice perpetrated as against the 
employer, but when it comes to protecting the employer or the 
operator the union's business must be to protect the latter. 

The organization of an effective union would necessitate, in 
the first instance, as matters now stand, the admitting to member- 
ship of many men whose competency would, to say the least, be 
open to question ; but these men while necessary in first organiza- 
tion would gradually eliminate themselves, so that in time the 
end. of the operators' union would become, as is the locomotive 
engineers' or the electricians', a certificate of competency. The 
necessity for admitting incompetent men in the first instance 
arises from the fact that, owing to employers' greed, coupled with 
the prenominally rapid rise of the motion picture business, a 
very large percentage " of operators are of questionable 'compe- 
tency. An organization composed only of competent operators 
might in time accomplish their end, but it would take years. 
Organize tha men first— thoroughly. Gradually establish a "wage 
scale and the would-be will eliminate himself through the kind 
assistance of the employer, who is going to have the best his 
money will buy for the price he has to pay. As to methods of 
organization : the Trades' Council of any city will gladly proceed 
to organize the operators if asked to and that without a cent 
of cost The writer would gladly join an organization as above 
set forth ; but he don't care to waste time or money on any 
"associations" formed by the bosses or by film men. 

F. H. Richardson, Operator. 



Proper Care of Films. 

Chicago, January 2, 1908. 
Editors Moving Picture World: 

There seems to be a surprising lack of application of common 
sense to matters connected with films and projection affairs in 
general, both by operators and film men. In conversation with 
a partner in one of the largest film houses in Chicago, a house 
that has done business almost from the inception of the five- 
cent theater in Chicago, and one having in stock hundreds, if 
not thousands, of reels of film, he remarked : v "It is a shame 
that operators don't adjust their machines so as to not scratch 
the film." 

"What do you mean?" I asked. 

"Mean? Why we often have a roll of film filled with rain 
marks >§y the time it has been out three nights." 

Now, this man has been handling films for a long time and 
has thousands of dollars invested in them, and yet he did not 
know that the rain marks complained of are not caused by the 
machine at all, or at least in a very, very small degree. I see 
that Will G. Barker, in December 21 issue of Moving Picture 
World, deals with this matter correctly, though I cannot say 
as to his claim that static electricity attracts the dust to the 
film. Personally, I rather doubt this, but shall test it. Cer- 
tainly static electricity is generated by the rapidly moving film, 
but it would, it seems to me, only attract such particles of dust 
as contained iron or certain other metals. That scratches on 
the emulsion which produce the effect called "rain" are beyond 
any question of a doubt as I have stated in my handbook, 
caused by (a) holding the film flatwise between thumb and 
finger in rewinding, and (b) by "pulling down" when rewind- 
ing, the latter being responsible for nine-tenths of the damage. 
If one only stops to consider it will be seen that the scratching 
of a film in passing through the late model machine is a practical 
'impossibility, since, from the time it leaves the roll, absolutely 
nothing touches the emulsion side until it rewinds on the take- 
up or is deposited in the box. The only bearing on the face side 
is the tension springs, and they run on the track, lapping, in 
some machines, slightly on the emulsion." A glance through the 
light ray will reveal the fact that the air is full of dust in any 
operating room, and naturally more or less of this adheres to 
the film, especially if, as is frequently the case, it has been 
splashed in spots with oil. Now, it does not 'require any large 
degree of wisdom to tell what will happen when in rewinding 
the operator holds the film stationary and revolves the reel to 
tighten the roll ' (pulling down we call it). This act causes 



the whole film, or as much of it as is rewound, to "slip" on it- 
self under more or less .pressure, and the dust particles between 
plow through the emulsion like so many pin points. In the av- 
erage five-cent theater a film will be rewound five to seven times 
an evening, or twelve to sixteen times (sometimes even more) 
in eight hours. If the operator adds to pulling down, the 
holding of the film flatwise between the thumb and fingers, it is 
easy to imagine the damage possible to be done in even one day. 
The tighter pulling down is done the greater the damage and 
more pronounced the rain marks produced. The writer ven- 
tures the assertion that a new film of good stock placed each 
night in box containing a moisture mat and rewound at slow 
speed without any pulling down, the film held by its edges while 
rewinding," will be in first-class condition after running five hun- 
dred times, or even a thousand times. Some time film renters 
will wake up and insist on their customers giving films proper 
care. Operators don't like to do it for the reason that it takes 
about four times as long to rewind properly as it does to yank 
the film back onto the reel as fast as they can turn the crank. 
In many cases, however, they are not given tiriie to rewind 
properly. Theater owners seem to proceed on the principle that 
the film will soon be out of their hands anyhow, and minor 
damage they don't have to pay for don't interest them, so the 
film lays in a hot operating room all night instead of being 
placed in a moisture box arid the operator works his own sweet 
will in rewinding. Where rewinding is done on a take-up and 
the tension is set right there is little or no damage done in re- 
winding. 

With- a high-class, modern machine, given time to do it prop- 
erly, the writer will undertake to run a film through five hun- 
dred times with nothing more than a possible slight mark where 
the tension springs rub. This performance cannot possibly be 
duplicated in the show-every-eighteen-rainutes five-cent theater, 
however; but holding the film by its edges and avoiding pulling 
down as much as possible will materially reduce the rain-mark 
damage. H - 

. F. H. Richardson, Operator. 



With all the unsatisfactory business of the vaudeville houses 
in New York last Sunday, Archie L. Shepard's "advanced vaude- 
ville" moving picture show at the old Manhattan Theater turned 
crowds of people away. 

* * * 

A batch, of policemen prevented the public from witnessing 
"The Passion Play," a moving picture series, at the Lyric last 
Sunday. 

Inside the theater the pictures were shown, but only the house 
staff viewed them. 

No arrests were made. Manager N. Hoyt Burnett of the 
Lyric, pleaded .with Chief of Police Kohler to be arrested, but 
the city guardian ignored him, instructing the men of the law 
to inform everybody seeking admittance there would be no show. 

The public was not forcibly restrained from entering the Lyric, 
but .in order to obtain admission it would have been necessary 
to shove three icp-pound policemen out of the theater entrance. 

Mr. Burnett says he will appeal to the courts. Chief Kohler 
replies if he has not the right to station his men in front of the 
theater, they will be withdrawn, but the policy of "police repres- 
sion" will be continued meanwhile. 

* * * 

Staten Island has now fallen in line and opened a nickelodeon 
on Broad street S'tapleton. It is called the "Idle Hour," and is 
owned by Cormati & Brennecke. We paid them a visit on Satur- 
day and they had opened well. "Terrible Ted" was the star 
film, but unfortunately the moral was cut out either by design 
of the renter, or because he could not afford to buy the worn-out 
piece; anyhow it is bad policy fo leave the story finishing with 
Ted displaying the scalps and not let the people know it was only 
a dream. Another subject showed a specimen of French jus- 
tice (?). A gendarme- takes his inamorata out in stolen goods, 
the owner sees them, who gets her taken to the court, where the 
justice ( ?) orders her to return the stolen goods to the owner. 
The gendarme wraps his cloak round the girl and takes her home. 
Meeting -his superior, he is ordered off on duty, taking his coat, 
leaving the girl half nude on the streets of Paris. The captain 
of police said, if that is French justice, no wonder they are such 
heathens. Beyond these the opening is an augury of prosperity. 



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"Th« Operator's Nightmare." 

BY "TRAMS." 

Philm Finnicker was tired, but his brain was inspired, 
With "Film Subjects" his head was inflated; 
With "Cabby's Bad Dreams," "Cape to Cairo" Scenes, 
'Fox Hunting" and couples ill-mated. 

But he got into bed, and covered his head 
With the bed clothes and tried to forget 'em; 
And as night onward crept he finally slept, 
But, oh! Lobsters!! he was sorry he'd ate* 'em! 1 1 

He'd horrible dreams, and moonlight's cold beams 
Shone brightly over his pillow. 
Me felt the queer motion of being on the ocean, 
Toss'd on a raft on the billow. 

But his Camera he had got, and took quite a lot 
Of pictures, of mermaids and kippers, 
A sea serpent, too, that was sailing the blue, 
Half a mile of it "took" — with it's flippers. 

Then he struck a sand-bank, and downward he sank, 
As a "Sou'wester" blew quite a "boister." 
When he'd sunk quite a mile, he focussed a smile 
And a wink on the face, of an oyster! 

Then he suddenly found himself on dry ground, 
Turning the handle — a million a minute — 
On a Suffragette's brain, but he labored in vain, 
As he found there was nothing much in it. 

Then he heard a loud whiz, and upward he riz. 
Caught up by an aerial motor — 
He thought it would "bust," he scarcely could trust 
That they'd enough petrol to float her. 

But all was serene, as he caught a moonbeam, 
And slid that bright slide of lunar; 
On the face of the moon, he fell in a swoon, 
Said the old man, "Why didn't you call sooner?" 

"I've been waiting to show some scenes down below, 
"That hap' when I'm shining so brightly, 
"Of couples that spoon 'neath the light of the moon, 
"And naughty things that occur only nightly 1" 

But poor Philm was dazed, and felt quite amazed 
As the old man with forefinger pointed 
To the wonderful scene, said Philm in his dream, 
"Can't ! 'Twould make my camera disjointed!" 

Then the old man, so queer, said, "Now that you're here 
"Let's have a jolly good time between us, 
"Til Marconi an invite to a gay Satellite, 
"A giddy young kipper called Venus !" 



But Philm blushed, then felt himself pushed 
From off the moon's rim, through the mist O! 
And downward he fell, into the regions of — well— 
Into the arms of Mephisto! 

Said his majesty grim, "I'm glad you've come in, 
"I've quite a warm welcome awaiting you ! 
"On the carbon sit down, I'Jl tone you quite brown, 
"An eternal 'Him' fire will be baking you!" 

But from that hot range, there came a quick change, 
And Philm sped from the place quite brisk O! 
He was lifted quite high, up into the sky, 
On to a "skyscraper" building, in 'Frisco. 

As he gazed down below, he saw the warm glow 
Of a fire that was raging the city; 
Great now was his ire, for the house was on fire ; 
To die quite so young was a pity! 

Then he looked round about for a way to get out 
Of the danger so horrid and threatening, 
Quite maddened with fear, at the danger so near, 
As he saw down below the crowd beckoning. 

As his eyes glanced around he speedily found 
Some "Dunlops" just freshly inflated; 
u Onite the right thing, to save a whole skin, 
"He, in his 'presence of mind,' debated." 

To prepare for a fall, he wrapp'd round like a ball 
His body with tires of soft rubber. 
Then did a big jump. "Now for the bump" ! ! ! 
Said he, with a cry and a shudder. 

The crowd in the street, 'midst the fire and the heat, 
Watched his descent with amazement, 
They gave him a cheer, which soon turned to fear, 
As down bouncing he came to the pavement. 

With a whiz and a whirl, and a quick upward curl. 
He rebounded high up from the street : 
"What a 'Him' I would make," he gasp'd with a quake, 
"Guaranteed, not approximate feet"! 

As downward he came the crowd tried in vain 
To catch Philm as he descended, 
But try as they could, they found it no good, 
His bouncing would never be ended ! 

For a week and a day, he bounded that way,' . 
Full hungry and weary of breath, 
"What could be done? Let's shoot him," said one, 
"To save him from starving to death"! 

Then he heard a gun fire, which punctured a tire, 

And then — awoke — with a horrible scream; 

'It's the lobster! I knew it! Henceforth I'll eschew it! 

"THANK GOD ! IT WAS ONLY A DREAM !" 



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Biograph's latest film is "Professional 
Jealousy. "He who envies another admits 
his own inferiority." Here is an old Latin 
maxim that might be aptly -applied to the 
leading figure in this Biograph film story. 
Two young ladies, members of a dramatic 
stock company, are rivals for stellar honors. 
One seems to have had things her own way 
for a time, havnig been cast always for the 
leading roles, which opportunities made her 
the "public's pet." However, she does not 
wear the mantle of fame becomingly, for 
her success has made her petulant, peevish 
and selfish. On the other" hand, her rival 
works studiously, and by her subtle art has 
won some attention, until during a perform- 
ance of "Darkest Russia" she completely 
eclipses the histrionic luster of the hitherto 
favorite. In the Ballroom Scene (which is 
one of the most novel and pretentious ever 
staged in motion pictures) she simply car- 
ries all before her, eliciting thunderous ap- 
plause and bravos of an enthusiastic audi- 
ence, and the admiration of the pariahs and 
hoi pollois of the company. The curtain is 
raised again and again on the scene of her 



triumph, until she is called forward and a 
shower of floral tributes bestowed upon her. 
As may be « imagined, this is viewed with 
cringing odium by her rival, who proceeds 
to the dressing-room, convulsed with rage, 
where the maid does her best to soothe her. 
At this moment the new star enters; her 
beautiful visage more radiant than the re- 
splendant flowers with which she is laden 
The offering of some of the blossoms to her 
companion, who has endeavored to suppress 
her passion, is the precursor of a stormy 
scene. The rage of jealousy fires her soul, 
and the recrudescent dethroned queen poun- 
ces upon the invidious bouquets, tearing 
them to shreds. What follows must be left 
to your imagination in this description, as 
it is simply indescribable, and must be seen 
to be appreciated. Enough it is to say the 
two women struggle and fight furiously un- 
til the stage manager, whom the maid has 
called, separates them with his time-worn 
injunction, "Be a 1-a-d-y!" 

Pathe issues this week, "Go, Little Cabin 
Boy." A lad who is about to embark as a 
cabin boy is seen making his preparations 
with the help of his old grandmother. Af- 
ter much kissing and embracing, he finally 



departs, going off with a stalwart mariner. 
He is taken down to the pier where a big 
fishing schooner waits; and on board this 
craft he is soon about his new duties. Fate 
is hard with him, however, for a big bully 
takes a dislike to him, with the result that 

whenever he meets the lad it means beating 
for the latter. Another seaman interferes 
for the boy, however, and there are several 
scuffles between the two men. The boy 
bears all patiently and even writes cheer- 
fully to his grandma telling her that he is 
well and learning rapidly, hoping to be a 
clever sailor some day. His sailor friend 
sees the boy and pats the boy fondly, but 
the big bully orders him off roughly. It is 
apparent that the boy's lot is a hard one, 
but he doesn't grumble, taking a beating 
stoically and sticking close to his duties. 
The scene now changes and shows a view 
of the ship, the men working in the rigging. 
Suddenly a huge sea comesover her and 
one of the sailors is carried into the ocean. 
He struggles about desperately and all seem 
to lose their presence of mind, when in an 
instant, the boy seizes the situation and the 
next moment has leaped into the water. 
He reaches the drowning man, and striking 
out desperately heads towards shore with 



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his burden. His strength is giving out, but 
he struggles on and is soon washed upon 
the beach, where he falls unconscious. The 
rescued man, however, has now recovered, 
and taking die lad up in his arms carries 
him on his shoulders up a huge cliff and 
into the town, finally laving him down at 
the door of his home. The grandmother 
comes out in hysterics, but the boy soon re- 
covers and his aged grandparent embraces 
him fondly, thanking the big seaman sin- 
cerely, while he in turn thanks his little 
rescuer. ., 

"Father and Drunkard." The first view 
in this film shows the arrival of a schooner 
at a pier. The crew leap joyously ashore 
and go to their homes ; the home of one of 
the sailors is seen and as he. arrives there 
he is greeted affectionately by his wife and 
little son. But another side of his life is 
seen when he enters a drinking place and 
makes merry with his friends ; soon his eye 
rests upon two men gambling with dice and" 
with a drunken loss of control he joins 
them; his friends try to dissuade him, but 
he is obstinate and drinks more and more, 
at the same time losing his money at the 
game. His boy comes to call him home, 
but he throws the lad aside roughly. The 
child runs straight to his mother and tells 
her of the situation and she sets out for 
the bar-room. In order to get there they 
traverse a narrow strip of land by the wa- 
ter, when suddenly the child slips and falls 
headlong into a sluice, where a heavy cur- 
rent is running- The frantic mother runs 
from the spot, desperately reaches the bar- 
room and spreads the alarm. All the men 
present offer her aid; and they drag with 
them her drunken husband. They bring 
him to the water side where, peering under, 
he sees his boy battling for life in the tor- 
rent. The awful sight clears his mentality 
instantly; the man in him plays strongly, 
for he throws off his coat, and the next in- 
stant is battling his way toward his son. 
He reaches the child, brings him back alive, 
and loving hands lift them tenderly out of 
the water. The last scene shows the little 
family and the witnesses of the near-tragedy 
gathered round a table, where the now so- 
ber father smashes the liquor bottle and 
earnestly vows never more to drink. 

"Military Tournament at Saumur." • Here 
are shown the cavalry manoeuvers at Sau- 
mur, the French military school. On a 
huge parade ground the mounted men come 
forth and gracefully spread in one long line 
before the ceviewing stand. With several 
quick evolutions they work out of this po- 
sition and in two lines dash from opposite 
corners and at full speed diagonally over 
the field crossing in the center. The riders 
then mass themselves in the center and put 
their horses through various difficult feats. 

The next is hedge jumping and they first 
take the barrier in single file, after which 
they repeat it in one long line. Several 
times they are seen going both toward and 
from the jump and at last in three long lines 
stretching entirely across the field they give 
an accurate idea of what a fierce cavalry 
charge looks like. 

"Lover's 111 Luck." A young man calls 
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Romeo promptly leaps into a wardrobe and 
view cf the interior shows him cogitating 
on what course to pursue. He finally hits 
upon the idea of disguise; the wardrobe is 
filled with woman's apparel, but this does 
not deter him. He ' dons skirts, bonnet, 
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steps trippling out, thus saving^ the day for 
the now desperate wife. Out in the street 
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pops out, kisses him vigorously, gathers up 
his skirts and runs swiftly home. 

"Afraid of Microbes." A studious-look- 
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on a crusade against influenza. He only 
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him and avenge themselves summarily. 

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. Boyertown, ^Pa. 

Wherever we went Tuesday this week, we were met 
with the question that was on everybody's lips : "What 
do you think of Boyertown?" "Isn't it awful ?" "How 
are you going to treat the subject?" "Our industry has 
got another black eye," and similar remarks. 

Boyertown has certainly added another calamity to his- 
tory, .and- thanks to the Associated Press every paper 
in the country had its -headliners, and for a time, a little 
panic may prevail. We are deeply grieved at the loss 
of life,, and sympathize with those who are bereft, and 
also, with the sufferers. Looking at the calamity with a 
judicial eye, and sifting out from the mass of printed 
details, in which we find so many conflicting statements, 
then getting down to bare facts, we find there was an 
amateur theatrical company staging a production called 
"The Scottish Reformation.". Now, what does this play 
need amoving picture machine for? And if a machine 
was in Use, where was it placed? It certainly could not 
be used on the stage, where the trouble commenced. 

We learn that Boyertown is a country village, without 
electricity or gas, using kerosene as an illuminant. A 
St. John's Lutheran Church had engaged the Opera 
House for an entertainment. Sixty boys and girls were 
on the stage, capable of holding forty comfortably. Kero- 
sene lamps were being used for footlights, and an acety- 
lene generator was supplying a spot light. Another 
source says the generator was supplying a moving pic-. 
ture machine with an amateur operator in full charge of 
spot light and machine.. The rubber tube became dis- 
connected with the generator, putting out the lights and 
causing the children to' stampede towards the front of 
the stage, treading on the board holding the kerosene 
lamps, which upset; setting fire to- the scenery and caus- 



ing the fearful holocaust. Another says an acetylene gen- 
erator caused the whole trouble ; it got out of order and 
the operator in adjusting things set fire to the moving 
picture machine. Two lessons may be learned^f rom this : 
First, the absolute necessity of employing^a^re'xpert op- 
erator, and secondly, the prohibition of^aeetylene gas in 
a moving picture machine. Acetylene 'is not and never 
will be suitable for this purpose, because it is not portable, 
needs constant attention, thus distracting the operator, 
is an element of uncertainty in its present method of use, 
and cannot be made portable by compression owing to 
its great explosive qualities when compressed in cylin- 
ders. Experiments along this line were made at the 
Birmingham Oxygen Company's works, England, in 
1901, which we watched with great interest. In the final 
results- it proved to be unusable as a compressed article, 
being almost as explosive as if oxygen and hydrogen 
were mixed and a light applied. 

Later reports may give an entirely different version 
of the accident. We strongly object to every little acci- 
dent at an entertainment being headlined with the mov- 
ing picture machine, on the basis of "Give a dog a bad 
name and hang him." All such scares -can be eliminated 
when the trade employs only first-class men. and local 
authorities refuse permission for anyone to operate a 
moving picture machine except he be an expert. 

Since -the above was penned we received the following 
information : 

"The origin of this holocaust was a mere trifle. The 
stereopticon used in the entertainment got out of order 
and several little girls on the stage rushed to the curtain 
to peep out to see what was the matter. One of them 
kicked over a lighted kerosene lamp, which exploded. 
Then there was a general stampede. The one narrow 
exit was choked. Men, women and children trampled 
one. another in their mad confusion. Many persons tum- 
bled over seats, to perish where they lay." 

So that, after all, the poor moving picture machine 
had nothing to do with the. affair, and we consider great 
censure is due the Associated Press for spreading such 
a canard and to the whole press of the country for pub- 
lishing it so prominently. We trust that -in the future 
there will never occur a fire in connection with a nickel- 
odeon or moving picture exhibition, and that all opera- 
tors will redouble their exertions to restore the confidence 
of the public in their safety. 



Our Visits. 



We saw advertised outside a nickelodeon, "Fire at 
the Parker Building," and went inside to see — one of the 
biggest frauds ever put on canvas by a projecting ma- 
chine. The fire (that is, the original one) occurred at 
night. We saw a bright sunshine, a holiday crowd at 
windows and on the sidewalk, watching the gala run of 
the fire brigade, waving papers and shielding their eyes 
from the sun, the dense masses of smoke stained red to 
represent the fire. The audience expressed disapproval at 
being taken in, and so do We. 

Another film, beautifully photographed, "The Moun- 
taineer," but— it is a travesty on the marksmanship of 
Uncle Sam's regimental scouts. A sentry looks at a 
girl and lets her steal his rifle ; then, without a murmur, 
at the command of the girl, throws up his hands and 
releases her sweetheart, who binds and gags him, makes 
him take his place and locks him in. Then with the 
girl he flees. By-and-by the relief discovers the sentry 
locked in the jail and the prisoner flown. Releasing the 
sentry, who tells of the escape, they call for aid, and some 



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seven or eight crack shots ( ?) follow the fleeing lovers, -casing on the sijfe^bejnd it over and. la;£ it down flat with 
and after sending some thirty or forty volleys, fail to t the emftotfcluttg^^ 

hit either the man or girl, who at last are captured" in a ~ bridge., Sjcijew the plug. bacjc&to '{&be, arid if the plugs 
shed. Alas ! were of ibo low- amperage, fix the other the same way 

The last film this visit was "Afraid of Microbes." A so you won't be bothered again. Of course, the inspector 
half-witted, imbecile-looking old man is seen reading a would not approve of this method of procedure any more 
newspaper article, which is thrown on the screen. Then, the than he would approve of. bridging with a piece of copper 
reverse is shown— an ad. for a microbe specific — which wire, but there are times when we can't stop to ask his 

permission; - Besides, your* carbons act as a safety valve 
as well as a fuse will, and give you the danger signal 
by their sputtering, flaming and traveling around the arc 
when you are getting too much juice, and warning you 
to Cut in more resistance on your rheostat. 



he immediately goes and purchases. It proves to be an 
atomizer, and the old imbecile proceeds on his way, squirt- 
ing the dirty stuff into the faces of those he meets, grad- 
ually drawing a crowd after him, who, following him an 
awful long-way, at last capture and kick and beat out of 
him what little sense and life the poor beggar had. Deary, 
deary, me ! 

Come, Mr. Manufacturer, you must do better than 
this. The public won't stand for it. And we don't 
blame them. 



Rheostat Construction. 

An important part of the moving picture outfit is the 
rheostat. It should be compact, strongly built, and well 
ventilated. The resistance material should have a high 
specific resistance and should be capable of repeated heat- 
ing and cooling without becoming brittle. Wires contain- 
ing zinc, such as German silver, become brittle with ex- 
treme changes of temperature and are thereby rendered 
liable to breakage. 

A wire which has found much- favor among the manu- 
facturers of rheostats is the wire known as "Climax." 
This alloy contains no zinc ^nd it has a specific resistance 
fifty times that of copper, and will withstand high tem- 
perature without deterioration. 

In the construction of a rheostat with a given resist- 
ance material, the cross section of the wire will be deter- 
mined by the current to be carried and the length of wire 
by the resistance required.. 

For example, suppose it is desired to construct a rheo- 
stat capable of carrying a maximum of 25 amperes' con- 
tinuously, the material used being "Climax" wire. We 
find upon consulting a table of carrying capacities for 
this alloy that No. 10 B. & S. G., when wound in open 
spirals, such as are largely used in rheostat work, will 
have the necessary cross section to carry 25 amperes 
without injurious heating. The proper resistance to use 
is determined by a simple application of Ohm's law; that 
is, the resistance in ohms is equal to the drop in voltage 
across the rheostat divided by the current in amperes. 
Having thus determined the size of wire and the resist- 
ance required, it is a simple matter, with the use of proper 
tables, giving the physical properties of the material used, 
to determine the length or weight of wire necessary to 
fulfil the required conditions. 



A Hint to Operators. 

By C. E. Lindall. 

An operator at some time in his career may blow a 
fuse plug and not have another one with him to replace 
it This happened to a friend of mine one night in a 
small town and he had to send about half a mile to the 
power house for more fuse plugs. While his audience 
was waiting in the darkness some young rowdies created 
such a disturbance that it nearly broke up his show, and 
the opera house man declared he would never book an- 
other moving picture show. If you blow a fuse plug 
and haven't another one with you, remove the plug and 
with your knife cut a little strip off the edge of the brass 



The Popular £SicB£©l©deon. 

Despite Efforts of Business Men to End Existence of the Fire- 
Cent Theater, It Still Lives and Prospers Because of 
.;.. ... Popularity. 

By Frederick J. Raskin. 

The efforts of merchants in Philadelphia and other cities to 
put a stop to the moving picture shows may find hearty response 
among business inert, but 'the; great majority is on the sided 
the nickelodeon. Philadelphia uses law processes, Louisville 
uses' fine regulations, other cities employ other means to end 
the existence of the five-cent theater, but it still lives and pros- 
pers, financial panics notwithstanding. . . 

The nickelodeon came to answer a demand for short, cheap, 
wholesome entertainment, and passed quickly from the list of 
novelties into that of standard amusements. Its Home is 1 
small hall that .will seat a few hundred people, for if too great 
a crowd is admitted the amusement transceends its privileges 
and is raised to the rank of a theater and must pay a theater 
license instead of an amusement license. 

The hall is fitted with a small stage that supports a screen 
for the pictures, while a piano or performerless musical apparatus 
beats out an accompaniment to the comedy or tragedy being 
portrayed by the moving pictures. _ A five-cent admission inviies 
a patronage that would not be . given anywhere else, and one 
may leave as early as one wishes, or stay through the entire 
performance. 

The nickelodeon was born in a little Southern town and was 
the inspiration of a soda fountain man. This man had bought 
an expensive soda fountain and installed it in an old drug store, 
and soon found he was losing money. Just in the midst of the 
financial straits his landlord came and offered him the next 
door building also at a bargain figure.. 

The building he already had did not seem to be paying, bat 
as nothing could be worse than . that one, be concluded he 
would take two. He cast about in his mind for some means 
of making it a paying thing, and just then when a maker of 
moving pictures came by he found his solution. The picture 
maker had not been so successful himself. They decided to 
open a small theater that would seat a hundred people, and 
entertain them by throwing moving pictures on a screen and 
have a graphophone make music at the same time. They at first 
charged ten cents admission, then they saw that half as much 
would be more popular and proBtable. 

The nickelodeon was a success from the start At the end of 
eight or nine months the soda fountain man and the moving 
picture maker had $35,000 in the bank of the small town and 
were well on the highway to success. Their idea was soon fil- 
ing far and wide over the country. Big cities and little on6 
took it -up until there are five thousand or over in full swing 
throughout the country, with many hundred in New York alone. 

Some have even gone so far as to enlarge their houses, and 
take out regular theater licenses at §500 a- year, so they can 
accommodate the 800 or 1,000 people that their gatemen ra« 
showed would be possible if the auditoriums were large enough- 
Philadelphia^ alone, has one that clears upwards of $30,000 1 
year, and this, after one considers the fact that the average at- 
tendance of the smallest ones must average 4,000 a week, at 
least, to meet the running expenses. 

New York's great trouble has been that the noise of the 
"barkers'" megaphones and phonographs at the entrances cause 
annoyance, and formal complaints have been filed against the 
niclcelodeeons by merchants of their neighborhoods. As a resflft 
the barker may go, but the phonograph, under one of its TD2E! 
guises may remain, for, in this age of machinery that must sooa 
minimize man's services in many ways, even as a mechaniso 
throws the. figures of the actors and actresses on the canvas a> 
the darkened rooms where owl-eyed ushers skilfully find yoa 



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a seat, so it must eventually furnish the entrance calls, the ur- 
gent invitations to come and see what - is inside, and all the 
gay music that sets you to wondering: what lies beyond the doors. 

Children are the best patrons of the nickelodeon. The five- 
cent piece is easily begged from the parental purse, and thou- . 
sands of tots go to the tiny moving picture show who never see 
any other. To meet their demands real fairy tales are often en- 
acted and bits of travel and history shown. In large cities where 
a new foreign population helps swell the census rolls an aston- 
ishingly large percentage of the audience in the nickelodeeon is 
drawn from the Latin races who cannot speak English, who 
could not understand a word of an* English play, but who can 
• understand and enjoy a picture pantomime. 

Romance finds its adherents the world over, whether one under- 
stands the language of a country or not, and the tragedies of 
a Watteau shepherdess, posed, perhaps, in some modern wood 
just outside Paris, where real sheep are available, are quite 
real to, the audience of a New York East Side nickelodeon, 
whether they are mentally interpreted in Yiddish, Italian, Bo- 
hemian, Syrian or Polish. 

The blunders of the tipsy man with the accommodating latch- 
key are understandable in any language, when only a picture 
portrays them, and . the tragic story of the forsaken wife and 
the dying child are as real as real can be, and sympathetic snif- 
fles and visible applications of handkerchiefs bear flattering 
tribue to the far-away actors in some moving picture studio, who 
acted out the touching little drama before the powerful camera. 

The nickelodeon in its demand for many and varied pictures 
has created, in the five years of its existence, a new class of 
actors and a new class of playwrights. Actors who never more 
see a real stage, who are ever far away ^frpm real footlights, 
and who never hear the plaudits of the millions they please by 
their art, play out in pantomine before the cameras the hundreds 
of little dramas that the moving picture machines under their 
manifold names present to audiences all over the world ; men 
who could not write a line of a play, have become famous at 
making plots for the actors to interpret. The nickelodeons use 
the majority of the films so prepared and talent and ingenuity 
are busy keeping up the supply- 
It is no small task making these little photographic films of 
the modest proportions of five-eighths by one and one-eighth 
inches, but so many of them strung together that the whole is 
many hundred feet long. Large^ studios are fitted up as interiors, 
roof gardens and the tops of giant skyscrapers are pressed into 
service and often the homees of the actors and actresses arc 
used to give better effects when needed. 

Long excursions into the parks near Paris or New York are 
made with actors and actresses in costume ready to run auto- 
mobiles, ride horseback, engage in some mirth provoking chase 
or act out simple tea party scenes, as the needs of the play 
may be. When real pedestrian or disinterested parties- of any 
sort sometimes cross the line of the camera at the critical min- 
ute, so much the better for the picture — it gives a greater reality. 
1 Busy thoroughfares, shady country lanes and private gardens 
are all being pressed into service to-day by the enterprising 
maker of pictures for the five-cent theater, and every device that 
science can bring him is pressed into service. Sometimes the 
process is slow and the work is expensive. There are freak pic- 
tures where giant knives rush out and slice bread, unaided. With 
a few jerks and amid much laughter and speculation, the inci- 
dent is over in a few seconds. Yet it took many days to make 
that film, for the knife was moved ever so tiny a distance, and 
photographed, then moved and photographed again, and yet 
again, until the entire film has received its impressions and when 
rapidly reeled off gave the desired effect that a thousand ex- 
posures had been necessary to produce. 

Sometimes the scenes to be reproduced are miles apart The 
critical audience in the little nickelodeon may discover too crude 
attempts at deception, and so natural settings must be procured 
if possible. Cabs hurtle down the Champs Elysee for the benefit 
of the camera man on the sidewalk, accidents occur and people 
are evidently injured as per schedule! Accommodating ditchers, 
comforted by substantial money, have been found who were 
willing to be knocked bodily into the holes they have dug and 
then emerge covered with dirt and confusion for the benefit of 
the ready camera. 

Cowboys who never saw the plains have charged bravely 
through the Bronx to circumvent a .mail coach robbery by a 
band of Indian braves borrowed from the Hippodrome, all un- 
der the camera's cyclopean eye. But when real Western scenes 
were needed to complete the'pictures, the camera man has bun- 
dled up his expensive instruments, his • miles of delicate film; 
and, with a hurry-up order from the nickelodeon managers in 
bis pocket, has gone swiftly to the. deserts of Arizona or the 
mesas of New Mexico. There he has pressed the real cowboy 
and the real Indian into service against the real background of 
endless plain and sapphire sky that can never be faked. 



The. nickelodeon audiences demand travel scenes. They must 
be had, and they must be filled with adventure and perhaps have 
a bit of romance tucked in between — for ever since time began all 
the world has loved the lover and sympathized with him in his 
joys and sorrows. Real Alps are climbed, real deserts are 
crossed, real dangers encountered, actual conditions of heat and 
cold are endured, and more than once the forfeit of health or life 
has been paid that the baby theater may receive films that tell a 
good story and reproduce real conditions. 

The first moving picture was made in 1807 — the Corbett-Fitz- 
simmons fight in Carson City — when a fihn seven miles long 
was used and the men fought under several hundred powerful 
arc lights for the picture maker's benefit. Certain tricks of trade 
have been learned that make the pictures better every year. One 
rather expensive thing is the use of ground glass, only, when 
glass is to be shattered, for its edges photograph better. Tal- 
cum powder is always used to simulate smoke, for it does not 
dim the picture. With two million people already going every 
day to these tiny theaters, and more waiting to go, the maker 
of the show must keep a new and varied selection of pictures. 
The public has demanded pleasures in small and attractive pack- 
ages and he must continue to meet the demand. 




On December 31, 1907. there were 139 injunctions against the 
police regarding moving pictures and dances on Sunday — over 
100 served in one day. . 

How, then, can the police execute the law when there seems 

to be so much doubt as to what is the law? 

* * * 

Shawnee, Okla. — In Justice George S. Carter's court the case 
of the State vs. Frank Stephens, et al., for an alleged infraction 
of the Sunday laws of Oklahoma in operating electric moving 
picture shows on Sunday in this city, came up for trial, the 
State being represented by C. P. Holt, assistant prosecuting at- 
torney, and the defendants by Attorneys S. P. Freeling and E. E. 
Hood. 

The Court, .after hearing the arguments in the case, held that 
there had. been no breach of the laws of the State, defining what 
shall be unlawful, to do on Sunday, and the case was dismissed. 

This ruling, the first on the subject in the new State, fixes 
the Status of the Sunday laws in their bearing on things of 
amusement character, and says plainly that electric theaters, 
plays, operas, dramas, Summer garden plays -and anything of like 
nature that is* rational and not immoral can be legally shown or 
acted on the first day of the week. 

The prosecuting attorney admitted that in his belief these 
things are not prohibited by the laws of Oklahoma, but he felt 
it to be his duty to satisfy those who are anxious to have such 
things barred by bringing the case to trial so that the legal re- 
sponsibility might rest on the court. 

Judge Carter was interviewed on the subject of his decision 
and he gave out the following: 

"This case was submitted to the court on an agreed statement 
of facts, viz. : that they, the defendants, were running and operat- 
ing a place of amusement and a phonograph in connection there- 
with. 

"To this stateement of facts the defendants demurred, for the 
following reasons, to wit:. First, that the facts stated did not 
constitute an offense under the statutes of Oklahoma. 

"Now, in order to determine this question, we must consult 
the statutes for the exact meaning, as this is the only way in 
which courts may ascertain the .intent of the Legislature. 

"Section 1963 of Wilson's revised statutes of Oklahoma read 
as follows: 

"'(i) The following are the acts, forbidden to be done on 
the first day of the week, the doing of any of which is Sabbath 
breaking : 

"'(a) Servile labor. 

"'(b) Public sports.' 

"These two subdivisions or separate provisions are the only 
points in controversy, and will be considered in order as set 
forth in the statute. 

"The phrase 'servile labor,' as defined by Webster, means 'per- 
taining to, or befitting, a servant or a slave.' 

"The Supreme Court of Arkansas has said in a very recent 
opinion that any one maintaining or operating a place of amuse- 



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ment of this class is guilty of a misdemeanor under their statute. 
But the statute on which the opinion is based was ' materially 
different from our statute, insofar as it did not modify labor 
in any way, but used the term labor in its broad sense. But 
we are confronted with the phrase 'servile labor.' Now, for 
sake of discussion, suppose we admit that there are people who, 
as a matter of fact, are performing servile labor, then we are 
confronted with that clause in our United States Constitution, 
which provides against class legislation, and this is entirely too 
elementary to be given any consideration. And _ after consid- 
ering the law and facts we are clearly of the opinion that there 
.was no offense committed against this particular provision of 
the statute, and in order to secure a conviction for offenses of 
this class it will be absolutely necessary for the present statute 
to be changed to the extent of omitting the adjective 'servile.' 

"In treating of the provision of the statute which prohibits 
public sports on Sunday, we can only say that to classify the 
offense complained of in this case as a public sport would be 
absolutely ridiculous from a legal standpoint. And was so treated 
by the attorney for the State in his argument." 

* * * 

The Sunday moving picture shows and theaters in Utica are 
a thing of the past. They always were contrary to law in 
Utica, Oswego or any other except a few large cities which 
have special legal provisions making it possible to license them. 
These shows and theaters on Sunday had no right to operate. 
There are different classes of people. Some want such en- 
tertainments and some do not, but the law is clear and the 
entertainments are illegal. Rome has not suffered them to ex- 
ist, so there are none here to close. 

* * * ■ . 

The Brooklyn, N. Y., police ignored the injunction obtained 
by the Majestic Theater and arrested Thomas Finn,_ who oper- 
ated a moving picture machine there. His attorney said he would 
apply to Justice Carr in the Supreme Court for an order of 
arrest for Commissioner Bingham on the grounds of contempt. 

* * * 

In his annual report, sent to the mayor of New York, Police 
Commissioner Bingham urges further legislation to help the 
police "in dealing with the forces of crime, vice and lawbreaking 
graft." 

The commissioner declares that under present conditions law- 
breaking is "the easiest business and the most lucrative, for the 
work involved, of any business now conducted in New York." 

The police force is coping with the situation and is competent 
and able to carry on its work, short-handed though it is. 

Its activity and efficiency are proved by the very resistance 
given it by lawbreakers, and the better work done by the police 
the more stubborn and active is the resistance they meet from 
lawbreakers. 

As an illustration of one of the technical legal difficulties en- 
countered in police work, take the following: 

December 2, 1907, a clear decision on Sabbaih breaking was 
handed down. 

It was easily understood by the police and rigidly enforced. 

December 19, 1907, a relieving ordinance was passed by the 

Board of Aldermen. 

* * * 

RECTOR CHASE FOUND GUILTY OF CONTEMPT. 

Rev. Canon William Sheaf Chase, Rector of Christ Episcopal 
Church, on Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., was found guilty 
of criminal contempt of court by Supreme Court Justice Marean, 
Monday, January 13, for having "viciously and maliciously criti- 
cized" a decision of the justice in connection with the Sunday 
closing law. Under the law the rector might have been sent 
to jail and fined $250, but Justice Marean permitted him to go. 

"From the evidence," said the justice, "I am convinced that 
Rector Chase is guilty of criminal contempt of court. But I 
have no desire to punish him. He is a clergyman, and_ we must 
respect his cloth. I, therefore, will allow him to go with a sus- 
pended sentence." 

The rector, as his own star witness, created a stir in court 
when he exclaimed: 

"When I received this outrageous order to come to court" — 
but before he could continue the justice interrupted him. 

"What do you mean, sir, by 'outrageous order?' You will have 
to apologize for the use of that word." 

Tne rector, boiling with indignation, explained that he meant 
no disrespect He testified that he did not remember having 
made the statement attributed to him in the printed interview. 

Edward J. Denice, the reporter -who secured the interview, 
testified that it had been dictated to him, word for word. 

For some time past Dr. Chase has been actively engaged in 
trying to close saloons and amusement places on Sundays. Tak- 
ing exception to a decision handed down by Judge Marean, it 



is alleged, Dr. Chase had an article inserted in a morning news. 
paper of December 8 declaring Judge Marean's decision illegal. 
According to Judge Marean, who says he has an affidavit of 
the reporter who took the interview, other remarks of a reflect- 
ing nature were made. 

* * * 

Fort Worth, Tex. — Judge Steer imposed a fine of $20 on 
W. F. Carr, whose arrest occurred several weeks ago on a 
charge of violating the Stmday closing ordinance by operating 
a moving picture show. 

The court overruled the contention that the City Court had 
no jurisdiction in such matters, and stated that such rights were 
given . the Corporation Court in the city charter. 

Notice of appeal was given, with the announcement that the 
case will be fought through the highest courts) of the State, if 

netcssary. 

* * * 

Dixie Electric Theater Company, Columbus, Ga., % incorpo- 
rated, with capital of $10,000, will operate moving picture thea- 
ters. Incorporators are: Z. A. Brooks, -R. I. Zachrias, E. J. 

Brooks. 

* * * 

Ware, Mass.— The expressions of popular approval that have I 
Deen accorded moving picture theaters- in various parts of the 
country have reached .Ware," and the apparent demand for such 
;f .theater in the town- has culminated -in negotiations for the 
establishment of such; an amusement enterprise. Springfield and 
Holyoke parties have decided that-Ware is an ideal location for 
a moving . picture theater, and several persons interested to 
the project looked over the ground thoroughly. While no least 
has yet been secured, a moving picture • theater will be open 
for business in Ware within a month, if the parties have to 
build- a new building, in order to get a suitable location. Ware 
has no amusement theater of this nature, and it is the belief 
of many that such a theater -would be . a paying investment and 
would be much patronized because of the popular prices usuallj 

charged for admission. 

»•*.».■ 

Grand Union Vaudeville Co., New York ; moving pictures, 
amusements ; capital,- $4,000. Incorporators : Stephen J. Scherer 
and John F. Wickens, No. 1 16b ■ Broadway ; Samuel Hoffman, 
No. 302 Broadway, all of New York. 

>■-*•• 

J. C. Hewitt, of Wm. H. Swanson & Co., tells an amusing 
story which happened in a five-cent show house where "Toe 
Passion Play" was being featured. . It happened that the pro- 
prietor had purposely concealed ■ himself in the ticket booth, 
not wishing to see his caller, who, having lots of time on his 
hands, thought he would review the sacred pictures. It canit 
to the part where Christ was walking on the water, when an 
old squeaky phonograph warbled out from behind the screen, 
playing and singing, Alice Where Art Thou Going." Need- 
less to say the audience burst out laughing, and not being able 
to keep in hiding without knowing the cause of the laughing 
Mr. Prop, came out of his concealment straight, into the pres- 
ence of Mr. Hewitt, who made his collection, thanks to the 
sacrilegious goings on of an old phonograph. 

* * * 

Reports from various places in the vicinity of St. Louis and 
Southern Illinois say that business has increased nicely since 
the first of January. This is gratifying to the proprietors n 
small towns of 3,000 and up, who were about to give up the 
ghost, thinking the moving picture business played out, W 
now they have taken a new lease of -life, due to the increased 
business, which goes to show that 'there ain't going to be no 
ending in moving pictures. 

"The Morrison" is the name of a new five-cent moviiiE pic- 
ture and illustrated song theater that was opened in St. Johns. 
Mich., by A. W. Morrison, an old resident and former business 
man of St Johns. 

The building lias been changed from a rather unsightly one 



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into one that is art attraction to Clinton avenue. The front has 
been remodeled and repainted, and the entrance to the lower 
floor, where the show is, being' in the shape' of an . arch, pro- 
fusely illuminated with electric lights with ticket office in the 
center. 

The interior, a room 20x70 feet, has been nicely decorated 
with attractive paper and bright colored panels, and furnished 
with 200 opera chairs, making a very pretty hall. A stage has 
also been put in in the rear of the building. The hall is also 
furnished with a yictor auxetophone, operated by an one-eighth 
horse-power electric motor, and a piano. 

Mr. Morrison informs us that he has put about $1,000 into im- 
provements and furnishings, and may ultimately turn the house 
into a ten-cent vaudeville theater. 

* * * • iX". 
Moving pictures_ of surgical operations were given for the 

first time in America at the college amphitheater of the Chicago 
Night University, 533 Wells street, January 4. •; 

The pictures, which are designed to demonstrate to students 
and physicians the progress of surgical science, were made at an , 
expense of $25,000 by the great French surgeon, Dr. Doyen. 
They represent the surgeon performing some of the operations 
that made him famous. 

[We are glad to see American surgeons are taking to these 
illustrations. In 1902-3 we introduced them to the University 
of Birmingham, England, and they proved very educative. Urban 
Eclipse Co. manufactured them for D. Doyen. — Ed.] ■ 

* * - 

Scores of people rushed into the street January 7 when a 
fire broke out in the Traders' Safe and Trust Building, 253-261 
LaSalle street, Chicago. Occupants of the Western Union and 
Board of Trade Buildings, and the Kaiserhof Hotel, were 
alarmed when they saw the excitement, and made ready to flee 
should it become necessary. 

The blaze was confined to the third story of the building, 
however, and nobody was injured. The building was dam- 
aged $1,500. D. R, McDonald, manager of the Royal Film 
Service Company, in whose office the fire started, says his com- 
pany lost $25,000 worth of films. 

* * * 

Chief Gaverich, of Harrisburg, Pa., City Electrician Diehl, 
Building Inspector Ferree and two members of the Board of 
Underwriters, began an inspection of the local picture machine 
theaters recently, and while no official report was made to 
the mayor, it is understood that only one theater was found 
equipped with fire exits and protection within the limits of the 
law, and that this one playhouse would have to undergo cer- 
tain changes in order to be made completely fireproof and 
safe. 

This inspection is being made on authority of the mayor. 
His attention had been called a number of times to the dan- 
ger that existed at some of these cheap theaters, more so since 
the introduction of vaudeville, requiring dressing rooms, which 
we heated by oil and gas stoves. The . majority of the exits 
are at the front, directly under the electric machines used in 
the picture exhibitions, which, in the opinion of the mayor, 
endangers the lives of patrons. Complaints were also made by 
owners of properties adjoining these, playhouses, who feared 
serious results in case of fire. 

On report of. the committee the mayor will issue instructions 
to proprietors to have necessary alterations made within a 
certain time or close up, business. It is understood that the 
inspectors unearthed some really flagrant violations of the law. 

* * * 

The Opal Theater, a new place of amusement, under the man- 
agement of Elmer Tompkins, has recently opened in Gilroy, Cal., 
giving moving pictures and illustrated songs exclusively. Judg- 
ing from the patronage the place is very popular with the people. 

* * * 

ft We were in the" office of the Consolidated Film Company in 
Rochester a few days ago and can vouch for the truth of the fol- 
lowing: An exhibitor in a small town .called up Mr. Burton, the 
manager of the Consolidated Film Exchange, on the long.-dis- 
tance telephone, and after giving his name, said, "Do not ship 
«ne any films this week. Murphy is dead." Without . any further 
explanation. or, waiting for Mr. Burton to inquire who Murphy, 
was or what he. had to do with the service, the receiver was 
nungup. Wondering what was the. trouble, the customer having 
always been first with service, Mr. Burton telegraphed for, 
"41 particulars at his expense. Back r came a . long^ message tell- 
•ng how. one of the leading, citizens, of the town had died, that, 
the seats in the exhibition TiaD rare • the . property of the local. . 
undertaker and no show, could be held until, after the funeral 
owing to the seats being required. for the. mourners. 

'*!''. * *' 
The Royal .Film Service Co.. of Chicago, has filed suit against 
fire Marshal E. E. Goss„ of Beloit, Wis., for $100 damages, 




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; screamed at our latest comedy subjects, but the 

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subject. 

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EDISON FILMS 

- LATEST FEATURE SUBJECT. 

THE SUBURBANITE'S INCENIOUS ALARM. 

A New Comedy tilt. Fall of Amusing Incidents. 

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES. 

A broker's office In the City. Mr. Early, ' as usual, arrives late 
and Is caught by the manager and threatened with dismissal. 

Mr. Early bays an alarm clock which wakes him In the morning 
all right, bat refuses to stop ringing. He smothers the sound under 

his pillow and goes off to sleep affaln.- 

The late Mr. Early misses street cars and trains and arrives at 
the office In time to get another lecture from the manager. 

Mr. Early bits upon a plan. He buys a rope. Ties it to his wrist 
— drops It from bis window and arranges with his friend to pail ft in 
the morning, as he passes by. feeling sure this ingenious alarm will 

get him up in the morning — which It does, but not in the manner 
e expected. 

Near the small hours of the morning a burglar espies the rope 
banging from the second story window and is about to ascend, when 
he is interroped by a policeman, who at once proceeds to Investigate 
by climbing np the rope. Mr. Earlx finds himself suddenly jerked 
oat of bed. on to the floor and up to the window. He explains to 
the policeman his Ingenious alarm. 

He Is again aroused by a tipsy clubman upon whom be empties a 
basin of water and then goes- back to bed; this time tying the rope 
around his feet. 

A milk wagon appears on the scene and .the tipsy clubman has his 
revenge. He fastens the rope to the milk wagon, which drives off, 
palling poor Mr. Early ont of bed. Out of the window and into the 
street, * away the milk wagon drags him; down the street; around 
corners; over mnd holes, until at last be is. rescued by a passing 
policeman and sent back home In the milk wagon — but very much 
awake. • "•'•*: 

Mr. .Early arrives at the office in bandages and on crutches, but 
on time — -at 5 a. m. — much to the amusement of the scrub woman. 
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OTHER LATE FEATURE FILMS. . 

Jfo. 6336. LAUGHING GAS. — Class A. Code, Veerboot. 575 ft. 

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werker. 800 ft. S120.00. For complete synopsis send for Circnlar- 

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Nickelodeon and! Vaudeville Managers, Dealers, Benter*. and 
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5799. The Great Train 

Robbery 746, A 

6034. Capture of "Yegg" 

Bank Burglars 960. A 

6045. Parsifal 1975, S 

6052. Maniac Chase 530, B 

6116. The Kleptomaniac... 670, A 

612a. Tbe Seven Ages 415, A 

6127. How Jones Lost His 

Boll 575, A 

6147. "Baffles" the Dog.. 635. A 
6156. Stolen by Gypsies. . 845, A 
6181. The Little Train 

Robbery 725, A 

6187. The White Caps 835. A 

8100. Poor Algv 315. A 

6211. The Watermelon 

Patch 725. A 

6214. Down on the Farm.. 440, A 

6222. Train Wrecker*. . .-C Slfc A 
6221. Everybody Works 

bat Father ...: 350, A 

6223. Life of an American 
Policeman, with, section 
showing river tragedy.. 1000. A . 

6239. Dream of a Rarebit 

Fiend 470, A 



No. 
6241. A Winter Straw 

Ride 500, A 

6245. Tbe Terrible Kids.. 600, A 
6259. Life of a Cowboy. . .1000. A 
6223A, Life of an American 
Policeman, with section 
showing desperate en- 
counter between burglar 

and police 1000, A 

6263. How the Office Boy 

Saw the Ball Game 7S3. A 

6265. Waiting at the 
Church .- 470, A 

6266. Eatbleen Mavour- 

neen 1000. A 

6276. Getting Evidence. ... 930. A 
0277. Scenes and Incidents 

D. S. Military Academy, 

"West Point 345, A 

C279. Honeymoon :-• at Ni- • - 

agara Falls.... 1000, A 

6312, Daniel Boone; or 
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lea 1000, A 

6313. The Teddy Bears 935, A 

6327. The Nine Lives of a 

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alleging that ioo feet of film, valued at ten cents a foot and 
used by Harry Ward, manager of the defunct Airdome Thea- 
ter, has never been returned to them, and that Mr. Goss, who 
went guarantor for Ward, is therefore responsible. 

The suit was taken up in Municipal Court some time ago, but 
was adjourned. When it again was taken up another adjourn- 
ment, was taken. » 

Mr. Goss, through his attorney, Cornelius Buckley, has en- 
tered a general denial to the charges and will fight the case. 
T. D. Woolsey is appearing for the Chicago company. 

• * • -* 

Grand Rapids, Mich., is rapidly getting to be the moving pic- 
ture city of the State, if the present shows arid, the continued 
petitions for licenses is any criterion. Another 'show has been 
added to the list when Moses Salarny filed a petition with the 
city clerk for a license to operate a show on West Bridge street 

* * * . 

Manager Lucas, of Americus, Ga., has been unable to get 
a musician and has had to depend upon the kind offices of friends. 
He has canvassed Savannah, Atlanta, .Macon and other cities, 
. but without success. 

"We are somewhat up against it," said Manager Lucas, of 
Glover's Opera House. 

"It looks as if musicians were the most popular artists abroad 
in the land. It would be the easiest thing to get up a theatrical 
company or companies on short notice, but when it comes to 
the musical artists they are all engaged, it seems. 

"I am still working, and hope to get one by and by. In the 
meantime we are hoping that our friends will continue to help 
us out. The search will be kept, up until an expert is secured, 
and then we can let other seekers after musicians do the worry- 
ing."- . 

[Perhaps some of our readers would like to communicate with 
the above and gain a position.— Ed.] 

* * 9 
MATINEE PRICES' RAISED. 

From Calumet, Mich., we learn that the management of the 
Grand and Star Moving Picture Houses have decided to raise 
the admission charge to their week-day .matinees to ten cents 
for, adults. Children will be charged five cents. On Sunday af- 
ternoon the admission will be ten cents for both' adults and 
children. The previous rate has been five cents for adults. 
In. 'view of the decision the managements of the Star and 
Grand Theaters and the management of the Bijou announces 
that the admission to its Sunday matinees. in. tbe future will be 
fifteen cents. On week days the price will be ten cents, as usual. 

* * * 

PANIC AT A MOTION PICTURE SHOW. 

That the panic which occurred at one of the many motion 
picture shows in this city last Tuesday evening was not attended 
by. calamitous results must be regarded as a fortunate circum- 
stance upon which it would be folly to presume for future' im- 
munity. What happened then may happen any time. An ex- 
plosion of the machine was followed immediately by fire, and 
at. once there was. a wild stampede for the door. Fortunately, 
the proprietor of the place kept his head, and by his presence 
of mind somewhat allayed the fears of the frantic people who 
were struggling to get out, and to this may be attributed the 
fact that no one was killed and that while several peersons were 
cut and bruised in . the. crush, only two are said to hava been 
seriously injured. But an accident which might so readily have 
developed into a disaster shows the existence of a constant risk 
against which it is imperative that appropriate precautions be 
promptly taken. 

This is a subject upon which The Inquirer has more than once 
raised a voice of warning. There are a great many motion pic- 
ture shows in Philadelphia, and it is well within the limits of 
the truth to say that the majority of them are in varying de- 
grees unsafe. Those which are arranged with an adequate and 
intelligent care for the protection of the public are only a small 
proportion of the total number. These, entertainments are 
nearly all given in rooms which were not originally intended to 
be used as auditoriums, but which have been adatped to that 
purpose with a . controlling if .not an exclusive regard to pro- 
viding accommodation, such as it. is, for just as many people as 
could be crowded into the space available for their reception. 
With this object the aisles are made so narrow that in the case 
of. a crowd there can be. np freedom of movement along their 
length. The rows of seats are. placed so close together as to 
render ingress and egress difficult, while the single exit is so 
restricted that anything like a crowd must choke it. at once. 

It is the exception where there is, any exit except in the one 
direction. Some of these shows, not many, are given in corner 
buildings, which admit of lateral openings, but the great ma- 
jority can only be entered from the front, where so much room 



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-aces are reduced to small dimensions, with the result that they 
2 r c quite unequal to any exceptional pressure. The show is 
occasionally given on the second, floor of a narrow building not 
constructed with any idea to its use as an assembly hall, and 
that should be prohibited absolutely. That the Director of Pub- 
lic Safety has large powers in the premises was demonstrated 
bv the drastic nature of the reforms enforced as a consequence 
of the Iroquois Theater horror, and it is his duty to exercise 
them freely for the general welfare. - 

What he ought to do is to inform himself "through the police 
and otherwise as to the safety of every place in which public 
performances are habitually given, to formulate and promulgate 
such reasonable regulations as will reduce to a minimum a dan- 
ger which cannot be entirely eliminated and to close as a public 
nuisance any show where these regulations are not observed. He 
mav be sure that should disaster come he will not be absolved 
from blame by any plea that the law— does •'hot invest -him with 1 
an adequate authority. A public nuisance can always be sup- 
pressed by the police, and an obviously unsafe public meeting 
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P r ojecti t\ g Machines and TKeir Ml 



Nc. 4-LeRoy'i Acmegraph. 

The advances in projecting apparatus for 
animated pictures is well -illustrated in the 
many novel and original points of excel- 
lence embodied in "LeRoys Acmegraph." 
It is a distinct advance in phoronomics, a 
strictly high-class machine, in the construc- 
tion of which only the very best material 
is used combined with experience, skill and 
creative ability, the question of "how cheap" 
having been entirely eliminated. The Ac- 
megiaph possesses simplicity of construc- 
tion, yet with great strength to withstand 
the enomous amount of wear which ma- 
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also the great advantages of durability, 
rock steadiness, non-flickering. and absolute 
safety in operation from fire or flame. Only 
the highest grades of bronze and steel are 
used in the construction of the Acmegraph, 
insuring long wearing qualities, and, in con- 
junction with double ball bearings, admits 
of ease in operation. 

The sprocket wheels, made of the very 
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are cleared in the centers and between the 
teeth, stopping accumulation of dirt and 
preventing scratching of the films. 

The driving mechanism is high geared, 
28 to each revolution of the driving handle, 
and does away with the racing speed to 
keep the picture in its normal, so usual in 
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7% inches long, and allows the operator 
ease on long runs without tiring. The 
mechanism is only 11 inches high- and 
weighs 12% pounds. 

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picture comes in contact with the gate or 
face plate. Novel means are provided to 
prevent firing of the films, and it is impos- 
sible to burn more than one picture in the 
gate when the machine is at rest, and this 
can only be accomplished by intention of the 
operator. 

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cleared in the centers, mounted upon', rortc- 
ing. levers with stopped spring tensions, pre- 
venting unnecessary wear on the film or 
sprocket wheels. 

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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 



Film Review. 



ENERGIZER. 

Biographs' issues are: "Energizer." How 
often do we, with much amusement, read 
upon the dead walls of our city and also 
upon the pages of the popular magazines, 
the blazon advertisements of the numer- 
ous breakfast foods, setting forth in glow- 
ing terms their marvellous virtues. They 
promise most wonderful results for the par- 
takers thereof — youth to the aged, strength 
and vigor to the decrepit, ambitious ani- 
mation to the indolent — in short, only lim-. 
iting their restoring possibilities in not 
bringing the dead to life. The attention of 
a thrifty housewife is attracted by the pos- 
ters of a preparation called "Energizer," 
which no doubt is a compound of pineknot 
sawdust and cross-cut excelsior, but is 
claimed to possess most egregious powers 
of stimulation. Now, her lord and master 
is an apparent victim of hypnology, or, in 
other words, as lazy as Ludlam's dog, so 
she purchases a package of this life-giving 
commodity and serves it to her hubby for 
breakfast. What a transformation ! Re- 
lieved of his habitual pandiculation, he be- 
comes a veritable storm of energy, mov- 
ing about with the celerity *of "greased 
lightning" on the down grade. "At the kitch- 
en door calls one of those pestilential para- 
sites, a good-for-nothing hobo, in quest of 
' the usual "after breakfast handout. The 
maid gives him the remainder of the "En- 
ergizer," and after eating generously of this 
palatable pabulum, becomes a giant in 
strength and performs such feats that would 
cause ' Hercules to turn green with jeal-, 
ousy could he have witnessed them. His 
adventures are a series of the funniest in- 
cidents ever chronicled in motion pictures, 
and the him as a whole in the race of laugh 
producers is the one best bet. 

FALSELY ACCUSED. 

And "Falsely Accused." Mark Twain, 
through "Pudd'nhead Wilson," once said: 
"Circumstantial evidence should be consid- 
ered with great caution. Observe a lead 
pencil sharpened hy a woman — one would 
say she did it with her teeth when in real- 
ity she did it with a knife." The above 
may be used as the moral of this Bio- 
graph subject, for the solution of the roys-. 
tery therein involved seemed to point con- 
clusively in quite an opposite direction to 
the final dissipation with the aid of a mo- 
tion picture machine, of the opaque veil 
that shrouds it. A wealthy old alchemist 
and inventor has just perfected a motion 
picture camera with which he hopes to rev- 
' olutionize the art of animated photography, 
and our story opens with the old man in 
his library studying out the plans of his 
invention. A telegram calls him hurriedly 
away. He replaces the papers in his safe, 
but, in his haste, neglects to lock it, which 
oversight is pardonable, as his wife and 
daughter are in the room at_ the time. . The 
daughter's hand is sought in marriage by 
a worthy young man, whose attentions are 
looked upOn with favor by herself and her 
parents. But he has a rival in the person 
of a contemptible villain, whose motives are 
purely mercenary, reasoning that this new 
invention will greatly enhance the father's 
already ample wealth. He has met with 
little or no encouragement from the girl, 
but is determined to have her at any haz- 
ard, so calling at the house shortly after 
the old man departs, is ushered into the 
library by the maid, who goes to inform 
her mistress of his arrival. While left 
alone in the room he espies the door of 
the safe ajar. Making sure that he will 



suffer no interruption, goes through the 
safe and secures the coveted plans, secret- 
ing them in his pocket just as the girl en- 
ters. He renews his protestations, of love, 
but is again repulsed, and when lie becomes 
insultingly persistent, receives a .Blow in 

the face and is ordered froni the/house- by 
the incensed girl. He goes, but' swears 
vengeance. The father now returns and 
goes to his laboratory to make a final test 
of his invention. Threading the camera 
with photographic film, he starts .the mo : 
tor, when the villain enters to lay his pro- 
posal for the girl's hand before him. It Is, 
of course, rejected, and the villain threat- 
ens the old man, flaunting before his very 
face the cherished designs,-of his invention. 
The old man, white with rage, .leaps at the 
throat of the villain, forgetting about the 
camera, which is whirling through its mech- 
anism yard after yard of negative film. 
During this scene the young girl is in the 
library relating to her fiance her experi- 
ence with the odious suitor, and upon leav- 
ing he is assured that there is nothing to 
fear in that direction. She then goes to 
the laboratory, and the horrible sight tha* 
greets her freezes the blood in her veins, 
for there upon the floor lies her dear old 
father cold in death. Bending over his life- 
less body she picks up a dagger paper- 
cutter which the murderer, whoever he be, 
had taken from her father's .desk. There 
she kneels beside the prostrate" form trans- 
fixed with horror, with this poniard tightly 
clutched in her nerveless hand, when the 
villain enters with, others and boldly ac- 
cuses "her of parricide. Appearances . are 
unfortunately against, her,- so she is. led 
away to prison. - .Circumstantial evidence^ is 



trees — The baby at play in front of the 
cabin — The eagle seen hovering above— He 
sights his prey— The downward flight—The 
eagle picks up the child and carries his vic- 
tim skyward— The flight of the eagle with 
the child towards the eagle's crag in the 

distant mountains] The mother discovers 
her child gone— She sees her baby in tie 
eagle's claws 'a thousand feet above— A 
mother's anguish—She ' at last reaches her 
husband, and fainting in his^arms, tells him 
of the child's fate^-The lumbermen gather 
around— They' start in pursuit — The chase 
through a rocky gorge— Along the mountain 
side— At last they discover the eagle's nest 
down the chasm far "below, where the eagle 
has placed the child- 1 - Slowly the father is 
lowered down the cliff by means of a rope, 
and reaches the eagle's nest. The child is 
safe, but the father now has. the eagle to 
contend with, who is furious at losing his 
prey — A battle royal begins on. the edge of 
the rocky ledge between man and bird— 
The man at last vanquishes the "King of 
the Air"— He dashes the bird to the rocb 
below, then with his unharmed baby is 
pulled up the cliff, and the child restored ta 
its anxious mother. 



THE RIVALS: A LOVE DRAMA OF 
POMPEII. 
The Society Italian "Cines" have gone 
back to ancient Rome to enact a drama of 
love, and in ,ill-fated Pompeii the scene is 
laid. "The Rivals" is a love drama wherein 
a young Roman is confronted with the af- 
fections of two maidens who are rivals for 
his favor, one of them coming from a high 
station in life and the other from a simpler 



so strong that the world believes her guilty i estate. It appears that the latter is the 

' favored one, and the jealousy of the damsel 
in the more aristocratic surroundings takes 
the form of persecution, in which the influ- 
ences she is able to bring to bear illustrate 
the venality of her character. A scheme is 
concocted to abduct the young girl, who has 
become betrothed to the youthful lover, and 
she is borne/away by minions of the jealous 
woman and by her order thrown into a 
dungeon. The young man shortly after ap- 
pears at the home of his betrothed, and 
learning of her absence, makes a search for 
her. In the meantime the jealous perse- 
cutor appears at the dungeon to mock the 
miserable victim of her venom, and heart- 
lessly spurns all pleadings of the wretched 
girl. At this moment' appears the youthful 
lover and; surprises the enraged woman in 
the scene, and the scene closes with the; 
rescue of his betrothed. At the same time 
the iron door of the dungeon relentlessly; 
closes upon the wicked persecutor. 



and all desert her except her poor old 
mother and her .faithful lover, 'who visits 
and consoles her^o-her prison cell, vowing 
he: will leave no ^stone unturned .to run. to, 
eafth the real culprit^ Visiting the labora- 
tory, the young rt&n 'Itiake's a startling dis- 
covery. While r . rummaging, + . through the 
old alchemist's effects, his^ attention is drawn 
towards the neW'?cp«hera» .and although 
having but a vagMe'khawledge-.-of the art 
of animated photography, ' he. has, through 
his association -with the old inventor-, - a 
limited idea of its importance, and some 
little talent in chemistry, so He examines 
the camera and finds that one of the film 
boxes contains film. This he take into the 
"dark room" and develops a short strip suf- 
ficiently to see a faint outline of a scene— 
'"My God! Just as I thought" He hur- 
ries with the box of film to the old man s 
assistant, who develops it and prints a 
positive. Armed with this convincing evi- 
dence, he ruhses into the courtroom,, and* 
with the permission of the presiding judge, 
sets up a moving picture machine and pro- 
jects the result of his discovery upon the 
wall. The scene here pictured completely 
exonerates the young girl by showing the 
actual murder of the old man by the vil- 
lain, who, during this exposition tries to 
bolt, but his escape is cut off, and he is 
taken into custody for the- heinous crime 
he committed. This is one of the most 
thrilling motion pictures ever produced, as 
well as the most novel. The staging is 
perfect in detail, and entirely devoid of 
any gruesomeness that might have with 
less careful handling appeared. 



RESCUED FROM AN EAGLE'S NESjT; 

.In this new Edison subject the scene 

opens with a lumberman's cabin in the . 

mountains— Early morning— The ; lumber- r only to meet the reproof of the good www- 

man off for his day of toil-rBidding wife . wife, who drives him into the hdase m w 

and child good-bye. In" the foresW-Fellirig— grace. 



ADVENTURES OF A COUNTRYMAN.! 
The "Adventures of a Countryman" is a. 
very picturesque bucolic of the "Cines," Uid 
in mid-Italy, among some of the quaintest 
surroundings that have up to this time been 
shown in the film art. The comic feature^ 
are fresh and interesting, photography most 
excellent and equal to any that we have 
seen. ' We can promise a subject that Will 
attain much popularity in this country. An 
old countryman comes to town, leading tits 
donkey, laden with products ofithe faro, 
two sheep tied to the; tail; Of the patient 
donkey. Among-^he TOanyjseenes-.m *2 
our mossb'ack iS:Shown,.heds finally strippw 
of all of his belongings, including the prod- 
ucts of tlie farm, the sheep, the donk.vana 
his wearing apparel, by the loafers of tut 
town. He mournfully makes his way home, 



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45 



A MAGISTRATES CRIME. 
The Society Italian "Cines" presents "A 
Magistrate's- Crime." In the subject of this 
sketch, which represents a very thrilling 
climax of a love story that is not altogether 
unlike the always-to-be-remembered story 
of Paola and Francesco in a modern garb, 
a youth pays court to the daughter of a 
magistrate and the affair is disapproved of 
by the father of the girl, who forbids the 
house to the lover, and as a result the 
vouthful couple meet clandestinely. The 
magistrate having discovered the young 
man in companionship -with the - daughter 
endeavors to shoot the youth and instead 
kills his own daughter. When officers are 
summoned to the deplorable scene the hor- 
rified father accuses the young man of the 
deed and aljows him to be imprisoned and 
tried under the accusation. Despite the ap- 
peals of the mother of the young man the 
magistrate makes no attempt to save the 
lover of his unfortunate daughter and him- 
self falls into a swoon in his office, and the 
picture closes with the vision that he sees 
of his daughter and her lover folded in 
embrace in Elysium. 



THE VIKING'S BRIDE. 

Williams, Brown & Earle issue "The 
Vikings Bride," an exceedingly fine film. 
showing the marriage of one of a band of 
Vikings in their picturesque costumes. The 
commander of a neighboring tribe claims 
the bride, without success. The bride and 
groom are ambushed, However, in a des- 
perate attack, and the bride is captured, 
but is again recovered and the bridegroom, 
surrounded by his men, leaves, shouting 
their victory. It is a splendid subject. 

"The Artful Lovers," a comedy subject of 
high order showing the various devices 
used by a very ingenious lover to obtain 
moments alone with his girl. 

"Testing of a Lifeboat." This is an ex- 
ceedingly interesting film to all classes. It 
shows a new perfected air life boat, for 
;once capsized immediately rights itself. 



A HOME AT LAST. 

Essanay issue this week "A Home at 
Last," a short picture of intense interest, 
showing the human intelligence of a poor 
canine, who is living on the streets and re- 
ceives nothing but the rebuffs of different 
people who chance to come his way. The 
| picture opens with the dog Star being taken 
home by a passerby, but the moment he is 
taken into the house he is quickly evicted 
[% the lady, who refuses to have a dog in 
I ber home. The next scene shows a police- 
nun giving the poor dog a vicious kick 
aid sending him on his homeless way. He 
next encounters two boys, who try the old 
trick of tying a can to his tail, and the 
dog narrowly escapes serious injury from 
the hands of the two youngsters, who be- 
gin to throw stones at- him. The poor ani- 
mal next tries to find rest on the back 
porch of a house, but again he is ill- 
treated by the servant, who sends him on 
"is way. However, this cannot last for- 
mer, and he has an opportunity to gain a 
some at last. An elegantly dressed lady, 
while entering an automobile, accidentally 
wops her purse, which escapes her notice, 
fittle knowing that she would have sus- 
tained a big loss had not the dog quickly 
taken the purse in his mouth and followed 
«e machine to its destination. As the ma- 
rine arrives at the- lady's home, she en- 
ters the house and the*. dog awaits his op- 
portunity to enter, which comes when the 
arrant of the house opens the. door and lets 
■g in. The next scene shows the lady 
| discovering her loss. She is very much 



agitated, as the pocket book contained val- 
uable jewelery. She is just about to report 
her loss to the police when the dog enters 
with the purse in his mouth.' He has now 
found a home for the remainder of his life, 
he and the child of the house becoming 
fast friends. 

And "A Novice on Stilts." A young 
chap who hitherto did not know the dif- 
ference between a pair of stilts and' a pair 
of shoes, happens to pass by where a couple 
of _ expert stilt walkers are doing stunts.* 
This chap thinks he can do the same, and 
he hies himself off to buy a pair of stilts. 
Of. course, the moment he gets on he gets 
off quicker ; he tries again, and again takes 
a nice fall, but he is bound to master them 
no matter what it costs. He now starts 
on his fearless way. His first victims are 
a young lady and gentleman, whom he im- 
mediately falls over, smashing the gentle- 
man's nice new hat. . He next encounters a 
fruit stand, which he immediately falls in- 
to, scattering the apples, oranges, bananas, 
etc. A crockery stand he falls into next, 
and, of course, all the dishes are broken 
into a thousand pieces. He next happens 
to walk in front of the window of a butcher 
who is exhibiting spring chickens, and the 
stilt walker stumbles and falls through the 
glass. Of course, the chickens escape with 
the two butchers running after them. He 
next tries to look into a window and a 
couple of boys pull the stilts from under 
him, and he shoots through the window in- 
to a tub of water, which the scrublady in 
the kitchen is using for the purpose of 
scrubbing the floor. The scrubwoman 
grabs him from the tub and throws him 
out of the window again, and he resumes 
his journey ori his stilts. After causing 
several other mishaps of a comical nature, 
we find him peacefully walking in front of 
a show window full of- dogs. He falls into 
this window, and you can imagine what 
happens. One bulldog, not liking the idea 
of being disturbed, immediately seeks . re- 
venge by grabbing hold of his trousers. 
The picture closes with the bulldog swing- 
ing on the pants of the now exhausted stilt 
walker. .... 

KNIGHT OP THE BLACK ART. 

Geo. Melies this week issues two new 
films: "Knight of the Black Art," which 
introduces us to the banqueting hall of an 
old-time castle. Servitors stand awaiting 
the arrival of their master, who, appearing 
on the scene, throws his cloak to an at- 
tendant; unbuckling his sword, he hands 
him that also, then at the word of com- 
mand the attendant throws them upward 
and they vanish. The knight then takes 
two large rings, a sheet of paper, which he 
places on one of the rings, then fitting the 
other over the paper draws it taut as a 
drum. Two attendants then hold the paper- 
covered rings upright, another hands a 
paint brush and paint to the knight, who 
proceeds to draw a face on the paper. This 
at a sign changes into a laughing, roguish 
character. The knight then plunges his 
arms through the eyes of the figure and 
draws therefrom bottles of wine which he 
hands to an attendant who Surreptitiously 
drinks their contents. Making an incision 
where the mouth is drawn, our knight 
takes therefrom shawls, scarves and wraps 
of the finest texture. Taking the rings 
from the attendants, he turns it about to 
show there is nothing further therein, < he 
hands it back and again draws this time 
four magnificent ladies' costumes, which he 
hands to his helper, He now takes the 
rings, from the two pages and rolling them 
off the scene stands the boys in center of 
the hall, fuming them round he produces 



two other pages from them, then throw- 
ing the costumes to the four, who don- 
ning them are changed into four ladies 
who go through a graceful dance. Taking 
off the dresses, they change again to pages ; 
the four become two and vanish from view. 
The knight takes a ring, ties four ropes to 
it, and, suspending it in mid-air, calls a 
page, who sits under it. Then from the 
ring there gradually ascends a fairy form, 
who at a sign again descends. The knight 
next causes a pedestal to appear, standing 
thereon he holds aloft one of the rings, 
which gradually lowers itself on the knight 
who disappears; appearing from another 
side, he takes the two rings, placing them 
edge to edge they form a cycle, which the 
knight mounts and rides away. 

IN THE BOGIE MAN'S CAVE. 
And in the Bogie Man's Cave," where 
we are introduced to the Interior of a vast 
cave and the Bogie Man, who commences 
to prepare a meal, first blowing his fire 
with large bellows. Then preparing an 
enormous frying-pan, .he places therein all 
kinds of vegetables, flour, etc., finishing up 
with a bucket of water. This is not 
enough to satisfy his bogieship, so he calls 
for a captive boy, who appears, and on be- * 
ing told he" is to become food for the 
bogie, begs hard for his life. All in vain, 
the bogie seizes him, carries him to the 
kneading board and proceeds to chop him 
into mincemeat, which he adds to the con- 
tents of the frying-pan, stirring the whole 
with a ladle, tasting to learn its progress. 
While it is cooking he takes a look, draws 
his chair to the fire and commences to read, 
after a while he becomes drowsy and falls 
asleep. Then a peculiar thing happens. 
From the smoke of the frying-pan a fairy 
emerges, waving her wand. There appear, 
one after the other, four gnomes, then fol- 
lowing them four white rabbits, followed 
by the reincarnated body of the captive 
boy. At the order of the fairy the gnomes 
take the pan from off the. fire, then pio- 
ceeding to the sleeping bogie they seize 
him roughly and wake him; then, despite 
his struggles, they place him on the fire 
and all with the fairy vanish leaving him 
there. Escaping from his uncomfortable 
position and writhing with pain he pro- 
ceeds to vow vengeance, and pulling on hia 
seven-leagued boots he tries to do as he 
used .to do, but finds his power has gone 
and the boots are mysteriously withdrawn 
from his feet. Turning to discover the rea- 
son, he sees the fairy and his victim stand- , 
ing before him, and falls lifeless at their 
feet. 

A RESTFUL RIDE. 

This Gaumont subject opens with a liv- 
ery yard; several grooms are standing to- 
gether. A timid looking man enters with 
the purpose of hiring a mount The grooms 
glance at the amnteur equestrian and ex- 
change knowing glances. A fine-looking 
animal is led from the stable, very quiet 
and docile looking. It is easy to imagine 
the conversation: "Is he quiet?" "Quiet, 
sir! Lor' bless yer! Quiet as a lamb, sir." 
A leg up and he is off. Then the fun be- 
gins. The quiet lamb turns out to be a 
thorough jibber and buck jumper. 

The first experience is as he nears a rag 
picker's cart, he is thrown into this and his 
weight causes the front end _ to tip up, 
bringing the woman who is trying to draw 
it up into the air and back over the can, 
She gives the man a few handcuffs and he 
remounts and rides on, when he is thrown 
over one of a team of van horses and man- 
ages to keep from under their feet only by 
clinging to the pole, from which he is res- 



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cued by a. pedestrian. Next he is thrown 
into the display stock of a crockery, store, 
and after settling for the damages is 
allowed to •depart. A paper picker with 
large bags tied to his back is the next ob- 
stacle, then follows a painter's scaffold, 
where the latter is precipitated to the 
ground and a can of paint spilled, for 
which the unfortunate receives a severe 
pummelling. Thrown through the window 
of a passing bus,' he meets a like reception. 
Af the fruit market the horse gets balky 
and knocks over various stalls and sup- 
ports before the rider is dislodged. He is 
unmercifully pelted with fruit A batch of 
mortar being prepared, is scattered in all 
directions, as he falls flat upon his back 
in the center of it. Finally he is thrown 
to the ground and rolls down the side of a 
hill into the river, from which he is res- 
cued, but when he again tries to mount the 
horse he shies, and he is obliged to desist 
from further efforts. The poor victim of 
his caprice, with clothes torn and tattered, 
face begrimed, with haggard, nervous ex- 
pression, is a striking figure indeed, as. he 
trudges back to the stables leading the 
horse. 



married enjoying their wedding breakfast 
surrounded by their friends. The time 
comes for their departure. The bride is 
entering the carriage, but to he' consterna- 
tion the driver drives away, not waiting 
for the groom. The groom then gets in 
another carriage. The two carriages are 
racing through the streets, the groom try- 
ing to overtake the bride. Finally the 
groom gets out and starts on a run. In 
his unsuccessful effort to find his wife he 
is the victim of unkind fate, meeting fresh 
difficulties at every turn. Husband and wife 
eventually land in the police station. The 
sergeant, a very unsentimental person, 
thinking there must be insanity in the air, 
dismisses both as lunatics. They finally 
come back home completely wrecked by the 
morning's occurrences and tearfully resolve 
to spend their honeymoon at home. 



THE GAMEKEEPER'S DOG. 
. A very interesting production by Gau- 
mont depicting the cowardice of a motor- 
ist, the valor of a gamekeeper and the al- 
most human instinct of the* latter' s dog. 
The photographic quality of this is good. 
Returning from a hunt with his faithful 
dog, the gamekeper is seated in front of 
his tavern when an automobile stops, the 
occupant alights, takes his place at one 
of the tables and endeavors to engage in 
conversation with the keeper's wife. This 
the keeper, resents, arid in requesting his 
wife to stand to one side unfortunately ex- 
poses his back to the motorist, who takes 
advantage of this, and, striking him a ter- 
rific blow, jumps into his auto and is soon 
speeding away. With difficulty the keeper 
is restrained from using his rifle to avenge 
himself, but offered a cart standing close 
hy he follows the auto in a vain endeavor 
to overtake it. As he gains upon the latter 
the motorist draws a gun and shoots, strik- 
ing the keeper a number of times, who 
falls to the bottom of the cart exhausted. 
The horse soon halts, and the keeper's dog. 
surmises that all is not right with his mas- 
ter, jumps at the horse and soon has him 
headed back, for home, where they arrive 
shortly and the keeper is removed and 
taken into his home and properly cared for. 
Smarting under the injustice and insult he 
was unwittingly obliged to submit to, the 
keeper and wife lay a plan by which the 
former is able to meet his foe and avenge 
himself honorably. Accordingly, we see 
the keeper's wife in the road at a given 
point when the auto comes along, the oc- 
cupant alights and instructs the chaffeur 
.to go on. The man and woman are soon 
engaged in conversation when the keeper 
appears, removes his hat and coat, coming 
forward, taps his foe upon the back and 
•demands satisfaction. The motorist draws 
a gun- but it prevented from using it ef- 
fectively by the timely action of the keeper. 
In the fight that follows our hero is very 
■considerate and deports himself a thorough 
gentleman, but administers to his cowardly 
antagonist a well-deserved thrashing. The 
keeper and wife now return home and the 
entire audience, no doubt,- join them in the 
feeling that their honor has been vindi- 
cated; 

HAVE YOU SEEN MY- WIFE? 

In this picture by Lubin the first scene 
shows a young couple who have just been 



THE SILVER >KING. 

Lubin this week issues "The Silver 
King." Wilfred Denver is ruined at the 
races. While telling of his loss his wife 
comes and tries to induce him to return 
home. She is insulted by Geoffrey Ware, a 
former sweetheart of hers. Wilfred Den- 
ver swears revenge and starts .Off in pur- 
suit of Ware. Spider, the gentlemanly 
cracksman, has gone to the Ware's home 
to commit a robbery, and while in the act 
of doing so Wilfred Denver appears with 
revolver in hand. He is over-powered and 
chloroformed by Spider, who takes his re- 
volver from him and places it on the table. 
At this moment Geoffrey Ware returns un- 
expectedly and is shot by Spider with Den- 
ver's pistol. When Denver comes to and 
discovers Ware is shot, finding his pistol 
with one barrel fired, he thinks he com- 
mitted a murder. He rushe"s home to tell 
his wife what he had done, and she and 
her faithful old servant Jakes help him to 
escape. Denver goes to the silver fields of 
South America, where he eventually be- 
comes a millionaire. During this time he 
has lost trace of his family. A vision re- 
veals to him that Spider is the real mur- 
derer. He immediately starts for home. 
He finds his child on the street in rags. 
She guides him to the humble home ofhis 
wife who is on the verge of starvation. 
Husband and wife are once more happily 
re-united. He brings his dear one to their 
old home, surrounded with every comfort 
and luxury that wealth can provide. After 
manv disappointments, Denver finds the 
murderer. Spider tries to bargain with him 
for silence, but Denver refuses. Spider is 
denounced as the murderer by Corkett, one 
of his former pals, and Denver and his 
family live happily thereafter. 

And "Such a Good Joke, but Why Don't 
He Laugh?" Mr. Bretzelman, the German 
baker, while delivering bread, sees two 
newsboys fighting, whereby the -little one 
licks a big tall fellow. This - so amuses 
Mr. Bretzelman, that he describes the in- 
cident to everyone he meets. It is "such a 
good joke" — for Mr.- Bretzelman. He on. 
not understand why his hearers do not rel- 
ish the joke. He gets thrown, out by the 
butcher, the grocer, the laundry man, the 
saloon keeper, and even his wife does not 
appreciate the good joke. 

THE RINGMASTER'S WIFE. 

This is a new Lubin subject A young 
doctor pays marked/attention to the daugh- 
ter of a country minister. He. has a rival, 
a sinister character. The doctor is loved by 
another girl. When repudiating the under 
sired attention -of his rival, a fight ensues. 
The doctor punishes his rival severely. The 



latter vows vengeance. Under the Christ- 
mas tree. Engagement of the doctor with 
the minister's daughter. The rival lover. 
together with the girl who loves the doc- 
tor, plot to ruin the doctor. They tell the 
minister a story which the father believes 
and orders the doctor from the house. Six 
months later. The rival elopes with the 
minister's daughter. Ten "years later. Two 
children have been born to the couple, who 
have been driven into the poorest tene- 
ments. A circus manager engages the fam- 
ily, husband as ringmaster, wife and chil- 
dren as performers. Weak from lack of 
nourishment and maltreatment by her hus- 
band, the wife loses her balance on the 
high trapeze and falls to the ground. A 
doctor is summoned. He appears to be the 
former lover of the unhappy wife. Hus- 
band enters and orders the doctor to leave. 
which the latter refuses to do. The hus- 
band tries to punish the doctor, but is pun- 
ished in return. Wild with rage, he starts 
to whip his helpless wife, when the oldest 
child takes the pistol and kills her father. 
The doctor brings the luckless woman and 
her children home to her parents, where she 
is forgiven. . Her rival tells of the plot be- 
tween her and the ringmaster to ruin the 
doctor. The minister recognizes the wrong 
he did the doctor, and not long after the 
lovers are reunited. 



. THE GAY VAGABONDS. 

A very amusing experience is depicted in 
a comedy by Rossi. The subject opens with 
an enlarged view of our heroes discussing 
the probability of their dinner. One of 
them hits upon a plan which he imparts to 
the other and together they proceed to the 
market Cautiously advancing and with 
furtive glances in all directions, one passes 
some vegetables to the other and when 
both have their pockets full thev hurry on 

Coming to another stand in the market 
we see a lady place a well-filled market bas- 
ket on a counter and go farther on to dis- 
cuss the purchase of other supplies. Our 
heroes come into view and they see several 
fowl suspended at one end of the counter 
and near it the filled market basket. Tak- 
ing in the situation, they cautiously advance 
backwards, and as one throws the fowl over 
his shoulder the other takes the basket on 
his arm. To avoid suspicion, they are still 
very cautious in their procedure, .and they 
successfully make their departure. The 
ladies conclude their discourse and, return- 
ing to the basket its absence is perceived, 
and scanning all directions they discover 
the vagabonds in the distance, making away 
with their spoils. Sounding the alarm, they 
give chase. The next scene is a street car, 
and our heroes enter from the rear and 
look out of the side windows and,then pass 
on to the front of the car. Jdst as their 
pursuers are getting on the back end ot 
the car the former leave by the front door 
and the car starts off. The ruse is soon 
detected, and. we see them hurrying along 
with their pursuers close behind. Arriv- 
ing at the base of a hilh the vagabonds 
build a little barricade and. linger around 
long enough to annoy their pursuers, when 
they pick up their spoils and depart . W 
final : scene is the entrance to - the military 
barracks, two officers are in the foreground 
and divesting themselves of their cape coats 
and hats, which, they hang on the pillars 
of the. gates, they pass in. The vagabonds 
• draw, near and, brought to bay with tnar 
pursuers close behind, they appropriate tw 
officers' garments andexecute a little dance, 
then, assuming the dignify of the law, tMj 
prepare to. meet the foremost of their w* 
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47 



they have standing before them on the 
ground, they sternly refer them inside tne" 
barracks and then with much gusto pro- 
ceed on their way. The ladies soon return - 
with the officers, to whom 'they administer " 
a trouncing at the expense of the two gay 
vagabonds. Good action throughout. 

MR. SLEEPY HEAD. 
The scene illustrates a comfortable home 
and the subject of our story in a drowsy 
and lascivious mood falling back upon a 
bed and going sound asleep. The wife 
comes in upon - him and he is aroused, as- 
sisted into his coat and started off to the 
office. On the train our hero goes to sleep 
and discommodes other passeengers consid- 
erably. Finally he reaches the office and 
after making a half-hearted effort to do his 
work, he relapses into the arms of .Mor- 
pheus. A violent shock brings him to with 
a start, upsetting his desk. ' He is awkward 
and a drawback to himself in every un- 
dertaking. As a guest he is the cause of 
unmistakable anxiety to his host and in 
disgrace departs. Good detail throughout 
and much innocent amusement is experi- 
enced. — Urban. 



THE SHIP OWNER'S DAUGHTER. 

Pathe this week issues "The Ship Own- 
er's Daughter." It is pay day at the ship 
owner's, and- as he is giving his men their 
money his pretty young daughter sits be- 
side him at the table. The last one of 
these men is her sweetheart, and he slips 
into her hand a note to meet him on the 
dike. The couple are seen ; togther at the 
water front, where they pledge their love 
in an engagement. The scene shifts back 
to the girl's home, where her father asks 
her to give her hand to a naval officer 
whom he had picked for her. She Spurns 
her father's request and goes angrily back 
into the house: After the young officer has 
departed the father resolves to avenge him- 
self on the undesirable lover of his daugh- 
ter. He pens a note to him telling him 
that if he will go out on a certain one of 
his ships and bring back a good catch he 
may have his daughter's hand in marriage. 
The young man greets this with joy and 
prepares for vthe cruise. Meanwhile the 
.vengeful father, in the night goes aboard 
the ship unobserved and succeeds in saw- 
ing away some of the timber of the ship, 
and succeeds in getting away unobserved. 
Bidding his sweetheart good-bye, the 
jubilant lover is now seen embarking on 
the ill-fated vessel. She gains the broad 
sea and is soon cutting her way through 
huge breakers. The shipmaster's work 
has been effective, for the next scene shows 
three oil-skinned seamen battling their way 
through the water toward a rock in mid- 
sea. They gain this and begin frantic ef- 
forts to attract attention. No vessel .is in 
sight and again. and again they are washed 
into the sea, but they "manage to climb 
back on the rock each time. Finally, in 
desperation,, they place a^nqtein a bottle 
and throw this into the water. The scene 
now changes to the home coast, where 
some of the wreckage is washed ashore. 
Some fishermen find it and identify the 
lettering on a piece of timber as belonging 
to the ill-fated schooner. They bear the 



mute evidence to the shipmaster's home, 
where as soon as she sees, it the girl faints, 
while her father accepts it* as proof that his 
work ha? been, effective ; bvit remorse ap- 
parently seizes him, for he is seen at the 
seashore alone, when suddenly there rise 
before him the ghosts of the men whose 
death he thinks he had caused; but the 
bottle which they had thrown overboard is 
found by a woman and the message read. 
Help promptly comes to them, and the 
starved and fatigued men are taken into a 
boat. The last scenes show them at the 
door of the shipmaster, where they are 
greeted by the remorseful man himself. 
He is pleased to see the lover among the 
survivors and he takes the trio to a garden 
where his daughter is sleeping. She 
awakens, and upon seeing the man of her 
heart alive she falls into his arms, and the 
father's blessing is bestowed upon them. 

"Adventures of an Overcoat." A thief 
takes an overcoat from the front .of a 
clothier's, shop. Walking along, the street 
he asks- a man for a light for his cigar, 
and while taking the light also takes the 
man's watch. He then goes to a cafe, 
hangs up his coat and is soon intently read- 
ing, Another patron takes the coat by ac- 
cident and departs with it. He is soon run 
into by the man who lost his watch, but 
the latter, thinking it curious that he should 
have the wrong man, nevertheless lets him 
go. The new owner of the coat, tired and 
warm, now places it beside him on a park 
bench and falls asleep. Another man, see- 
ing it unguarded, comes along, dons it and 
walks away. It happens that he comes to 
the same cafe where the thief is seated, 
hangs it on a peg and orders a drink. The 
first thief, about to depart, takes the coat 
down from its place, not knowing that it 
had traveled a bit in the meanwhile, and 
dons it As he is about to depart the man 
who lost the watch, accompanied by police 
officers, rushes up breathlessly, pomts out 
the guilty man and he is searched. The 
watch is found on him and the thief is 
marched off to the lockup. 

"Red Tapism." After carrying a load of 
bottles very carelessly a boy drops his en- 
tire burden to the ground, and of course 
must leave the broken glass there. A pedes- 



trian crosses the street and a piece of glass 
cuts his foot ; in pain he appeals to the 
policeman and the officer goes to the street 
cleaning department to report it, so that 
the dangerous glass may be taken up. But 
the official is " slow .and before he finally 
promises to have -it attended to a few more 
people have suffered. The policeman, how- 
ever, has been referred to another bureau,. 
and here there is some more red tape ; to 
be gone through, during which time the 
glass is finding lodging in peopte-'s, dogs' and 
horses' lower extremities. Again and 
again the zealous officer of the law appeals 
to the street cleaning people, but the red 
tape is slow to unwind. By this time a 
bicycle has been put out of commission by 
the glass and a party of automobilists have 
been forced to push their machine because 
the tires were punctured. Now there 
comes upon the scene the highway com- 
missioner, a horse-drawn cart and a horde 
of broom bearers, headed by the indignant 
officer. But when they reach the spot they 
find the glass gone, having been carried 
away in paws, hoofs, feet and rubber tires. 
The officer, unhappy fellow, is then put to 
ridicule by the entire crowd. 

And "A Man Who Walks on Water." A 
small boy coming to a pond sees a man 
walking on the surface of the water. In 
terror he runs from the scene and quickly 
tells his story to a number of villagers. 
They accompany him to the spot to see for 
themselves. Sure enough, there is an or- 
dinary-looking man, and he is walking on 
the pond without sinking. Back they all 
go and spread the alarm. Everybody in 
their path takes up the cry ,and soon there 
is a tremendous mob scurrying through the 
town. They summon the fire force, the 
police, and finally they arouse the august 
mayor .himself, who goes with them. A 
mighty crowd, they go to the road and 
creep cautiously toward the pond. Sud-; 
denly, as they gaze on from points of van- 
tage in the bushes, they see the man walk 
toward the bank, bearing a basket of fish 
he had caught on his arm. But what is 
their surprise when they see that adjusted 
to his feet are a pair of stilts, on which he 
had been moving about in the shallow 
pond. 



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THE SUBURBANITE'S INGENIOUS 
ALARM. 

This Edison film shows a broker's of- 
fice in the city.- Mr. Early, as usual, ar- 
rives late and is caught by the manager 
and threatened with dismissal. Mr. Early 
buys an alarm clock, which wakes him 
In the morning all right, but refuses to ■ 
stop ringing. He smothers the sound 
under his pillow and goes off to Bleep 
again. The late Mr. Early misses street 
cars and trains and arrives at the office 
in time to get another lecture from the 
manager. Mr. Early hits upon a plan. 
He buys a rope, ties it to his wrist, drops 
it from his window and arranges with 
his friend to pull It in the morning as 
he passes by, feeling sure this ingenious 
alarm will get him up in the morning, 
which it does, but not in the manner he 
expected. Near the small hours of the 
morning a burglar espies the rope hang- 
ing from the second story .window and 
is about to - ascend, when he is Inter- 
rupted by a policeman, who at once pro- 
ceeds to investigate by climbing up the 
rope. Mr. Early finds himself suddenly 
jerked out of bed, onto the floor and 
up to the window. He explains to the 
policeman his ingenious alarm. He is 
again aroused by a tipsy clubman, upon 
whom he empties a basin of water, and 
then goes back to bed, this time tying 
the rope around his feet. A milk wagon 
appears on the scene and the tipsy club- 
man has his revenge. He fastens the 
rope to the milk wagon, which drives off,, 
pulling poor Mr. Early out of bed. out 
of the window and into the street. Away 
the milk wagon drags him, down the 
street, around the corners, over mud- 
holes, until at last he is rescued by a 
passing policeman and sent back home 
in the milk wagon— but very much 
awake. Mr. Early arrives at the office 
in bandages and on crutches, but on time 
at 5 A. M. — much to the amusement of 
the scrub-woman. 



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ALABAMA. 
Bailer Film Service, 116 21st St., Birmingham. 
Southern Film Exchange, 193 N. 20th St., Bir- 
mingham. 
Theater Film Supply Co., Birmingham. 

CALIFORNIA. 
Clune Film Exchange, 727 So. Main St., Los 

Angeles. 
Miles Bros., 790 Turk St., San Francisco. 
Novelty Moving Picture Co., 876 Eddy St., San 

Francisco. ... 

COLORADO. 
H. H. Buckwalter, 713 Lincoln Ave., Denver. 
Little & Pratt, Charles Bldg., Denver. 



OPERATOR — Age- jo;-sin«l»; salary *i«.oo to. 
$18.00; permanent. Edison and Power's machines; 
Western New York and Pennsylvania. • Good 

JULIAN Be BERGMAN. 
426 Greeve St., Kane, Penn. 



O Derator seeks position. Used 10 Powers. Edison, 

. "PTojectograph, etc Out of town preferred. Salary 

tisJoa. ESBON COOK, 334 »5th St., Brooklyn, N.Y" 

OPERATOR -21 ! 'seeks situation in Michigan 
SSSStUvOO per week. Highest references. 
7 - H. S. T1DBAUGH. 

St. Louis, Mich, 

STEREOPTICONS, 

Moving Picture Machines, Slides, 
Rheostats; Big Bargains. X also 
manufacture Double Lantern 
Slide Carrier for the trade. 

WALTER L ISAACS, 81 Hassan St,, H.V. 

Lessons " How to Become a Success? 
fat Moving Picture Operator" 

By MAXWELL H. H1TE 

PRICE. $1.00 

Mar be obtained from MOVING PICTUBE WORLD 
P. O. Box 4so, New York 



ILLINOIS. 

CHICAGO. 

American Film Service, 253 La Salle- St. 
Chicago Film Exchange, 120 East Randolph St. 
Chicago Projecting Co.. 225 Dearborn St. 
Eugene Cline, 59 Dearborn St 
Edison Display Co., 67 South Clark st 
Globe Film Service, 79 Dearborn St. 
Inter-Ocean Film Exchange, 59 Dearborn St. 
Kleine Optical Co., 52 State St 
Laemmle Film Service. 196 Lake St 
National Film Rental Co., 62 N. Clark St 
Royal Film Service, 253 La Salle St 
Standard Film Exchange, 79 Dearborn St 
W. H.'.Swanson & Co., 79 So. Clark St 
Temple Film Co., Masonic Temple. 
Theater Film Service. 85 Dearborn St 
20th Century Optiscope Co., 89 Dearborn St 
U. S. Film Exchange, 5? Dearborn St 

INDIANA. 

Indianapolis Calcium Light 6r Film Exchange, 114 

So. Capitol Ave. 
H. Lieber Co., Indianapolis. 
Luther Day Service Co., Indianapolis. 

KANSAS CITY. 

Yale Film Renting Co., 1116 Main st 
Charles M Stebbins, 1028 Main St 
20th Century Optiscope Co. 

LOUISIANA. 

Birmingham Film Exchange, 316 St. Charles St, 

New Orleans. 
W. H. Swanson Dixie Film Co., 620 Commercial 

PI., New Orleans. 
Yale Film Renting Co., 220 Texas St, Shreveport. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 
W. E. Green, 228 Tremont St, Boston. 
F. J. Howard, 564 Washington St, Boston. . 
Miles Bros., Hub Theater, Boston. 

MICHIGAN. 
~~Alpena' Ftbn Exchange," Beebe" Bldg., Alpena. 
Central Supply Co., 114 N. Edwards St, Kala- 
mazoo.. 
Detroit Film Exchange, Newberry Bldg., Detroit 
' Michigan Film & Supply Co., Butler Bldg., Detroit 
National Film Co., 100 Griswold St, Detroit 

""• • MINNESOTA. 

Northern Film Exchange. 227 Fifth St, Minneap- 
olis. 
Twin City Calcium & Stereopticon Co., 720 Henne- 
pin Ave., Minneapolis. ■ .. . .• 

-MISSOURI. 

Eugene Cline & Co., 1021 Grand Ave., Kansas 

City. 
O. T. Crawford, Gayety Theater, St Louis. 
Chas. M. Stebbins, 1028 Main St " 
W. H. Swanson. St Louis Film Co. 
Yale Film Renting Co., 1116 Main St, Kansas 

City. 

NEW YORK. 

Consolidated Film Exchange, State St, Rochester. 
Imperial Moving Picture Co., 301 River St, Troy. 
■ Mullin Film. Service. Watettown. 
Powers Film & Machine Exchange, 13 E. Genesee 
St, Buffalo. 

NEW YOBS CITY. 

Actograph Co., 50 Union Sq. 

Consolidated Film Exchange, 143 E. 23d St 

Electograph Co., 933 Third Ave. 

Empire Film Co., 106 Fulton St 

Greater N. Y. Film Rental Co., 24 Union Sq. 

L. Hetz, 392 East 23d St 

Harstn & Co., 13 E. 14th St 

Imperial Moving Picture Co., 44 W. 28th St 

Improved FilmSupply Co.. 148 Delancey St 

Kinetograph Co.. 41 E. 21st St 

Laemmle Film Service, 407 Flatiron Bldg. 



Miles Bros., 259 Sixth Ave. 

N. Y. Film Exchange, 7 E. 14th St 

Peoples' Film Exchange, 126 University PL 

Vitagraph Co., 116- Nassau st 

Alfred Weiss. Film Exchange. 219 Sixth Ave. 

OHIO. 

Canton Film Exchange, Canton. 

Cleveland Film Renting Exchange, Citizens' Bj^ 

Bldg. ^* 

Cincinnati Film Exchange, 214 W. 5th St (V 

.rinnati. • 
Eugene Cline & Co., 717 Superior Ave., Clevdaai 
Eureka Film Exchange, Akron, O. ^^ 

Kent Film Exchange, Toledo, O. 
• Lake Shore Film Exchange. 
National Film Co., 5 Broad St, Columbus. 
Nolan Film Exchange, 11 Fountain Sq., Cinamai 
Ohio Film Exchange, 11 East Broad St, Coluoh- 
Southern . Film' Exchange, 146 W. 5th St, Gs- 

cinnati. 
Superior Film Supply Co., Ncsby Bldg, Toledo. 
Toledo Film Exchange, Spitzer Arcade. 

PENNSYLVANIA,. 

Keystone Film Supply Co., Spooner Bldg., Han» 
burg. 

PHILADELPHIA. - 

C A. Calehuff, 4th and Green Sts. 

Electric Theater Supply Co. .. 

Kohl Film Rental Co., 913 Market St 

S. Lubin, 21 So. 8th St 

Miles Bros., 1319 Market St 

Harbach & Co., 800 Filbert St 

L. M Swaab, 338 Spruce St 

Williams, Brown & Earle, 918 Chestnut St 

PITTSBURG. 

American Film Exchange, 605 Wabash Bid?. 
Colombia Film Exchange, 414 Ferguson Bldg. 
Duquesne Amusement Supply Co., Bakewell B'.ii 
Fort Pitt Film Supply Co., 808 House Office B'.iz, 
Pennsylvania Film Co., 403 Lewis Block. 
Pittsburg Calcium Light & Film Co., 114 4th Arc 
Wonderland Film Exchange, 410 Market St 

CANADA.. 

Canadian Optical Co., Med bury Bldg., Windsor, 
Cinematograph Co., 67 St Catherine St, Montreal 
Dominion Film Exchange, 32 Queen St, Toronto. 
L. E. Ouimet, 624 St Catherine, E-, Montreal 




FILM AND AMUSEHaT GO. 
97 Main Street, 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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NEW PATENTS. 

865.106. KINETOSCOPE. Boyd H. Ktun. 

New York-. .^, ..... 

The special features in Uus improvement are- a 
Bcchacism for regulating the movement of the 
£lo and for easily centering the film-holding 
devices ss well as the shutter with reference to 
tie optical center of the objective. The rotary 
- has a solid portion d rilled ' 



jepnenti: shutter 




with several small holes for modifying the flick* 
ering effect of suddenly cutting off the light. 
Ttere is also . an automatic movement' on the 

shaft of the operating handle which drops a 
shutter between . the film and the light when the 
revolution of the crank is stopped, to cut off the 
heat of the light from the film when the latter is 

surior.3ry. 

865.373. AUTOMATIC LANTERN - SLIDE 
MOVING DEVICE. Wtiaiam Frederick, Clyde, 
Ohio. •..-•'■ 

The series of lantern slides are placed in 
special thin metallic link-shaped frames flexibly 
connected together and adapted to be separated 
or disconnected when desired. The lantern is at 
the left of the illustration, which illuminates the 
slides as they pass through the vertical rectangu- 
lar slide feed tube, located just in front of the 
condenser arid behind the objective. The box of 
'connected slides is supported on a frame above 
the objective. By means of a special ratchet 
mechanism fixed just at the top of the feed tube, 




assisted by the weight of the series of slides in 
the feed tube and the rotation of one of the 
cranks by the operator, the slide ribbon is drawn 
forward behind an automatic shutter; this is then 
opened and the picture exhibited. . A further 
movement of the crank shuts off the picture and 
bnngs another into position. .The slide ribbon 
Pisses down through a slot in the bottom of the 
lantern base into a receptacle underneath. By 
peans of this mechanism the pictures are always 
m their proper j>lace and position to be shown 
ad enables the lecturer to proceed with certainty 
u to the correct sequence of the views. The 
lecturer from the platform can by other special 
cechanism operate the lantern slides without the 
ad of a lantern attendant 

oSSS-lM. INDEPENDENT FRAMING DE- 
VICE FOR K2NET0SCOPES. Teak A. Lb 
Sot. New York, N. Y. . 

, In the upper portion of the illustration the 

•«dm; mechanism feeds the film out. in the form 
°f a loop to allow for adjusting the position of 
■1 picture as the film passes before the lens 
»?erture to a proper framing or centering as the 
■J passes over a special roll to the palling 
=ecaanism below them out through a long, nar- 
"J chute to the receiving receptacle. The special 

™- is adjusted inward or outward by means of 
'Pjaf wheel meshing in a sliding toothed bar 
cinch carries the rolL Tn this way the position 
01 the picture on the film is. quickly adjusted inde- 
pendent of the feeding and taking-up mechanism. 




863,141. MOVING PICTURE FILM. C. 
Bensingex and M. R. Euixez, Findlay, Ohio. 

The improvement consists in lining' the picture 
side of the film on the edges with a. thin metal 
or steel tape punched to match the; holes in the 
film, the punched portions of the tape' going 
through the holes and bent back against the film, 
which firmly holds the reinforcing tape on the 
film. ' The object is to strengthen the operating 
apertures and prevent them from being torn as 
well as to protect the coated side of the film from 
being scratched. 
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iDpaoaouonugn aoaaDi 

863,517. GOVERNOR CONTROLLEI 
SAFETY SHUTTER FOR MOVING PICTURE 
MACHINES. Feed G. Dusnw, Minneapolis, 
Minn. 

The illustration shows the front portion of a 
moving picture machine with the lens portion re- 
moved. On the right is the propelling crank. The 
gear wheel on the left end of shaft operates the 
pinion for moving the ■ film, which also meshes in 
a gear that in turn operates a governor having a 
disk at its rear end. As the speed of the machine 



is increased the governor disk is drawn outward 




and presses against an electrical contact sprinsr, 
closing a circuit through two magnet adenoids 
(shown in section), in which are movable arma- 
tures supporting on a frame, a shutter. The effect 
of the current is to elevate the shutter and oped 
the aperture for the light to pass through the 
film. . The moment the speed is reduced, electrical 
contact is broken on the governor and the shutter 
falls, intercepting the light. The purpose of the 
improvement is to automatically cut off the ught 
from passing through a celluloid film when not in 
motion and thereby prevent undue heating • and 
accidental ignition. > 



BEN HUR 

Pictures adapted from 

Gen. Lew Wallace's famous book 

FOR RENT OR ON A PERCENTAGE 

E. EICHENLAUB 

Cbilllcothe - Ohio 



Kinetoscopes, Films, 

Lanterns, Accessories, 

Edison Supplies. 

CHA8. E¥l. BTEBBIN8 

1028 Main St., - Kansas City 

The Chicago Transparency Co. 

Manufacturers of 

Plata ua Colored Listers Slides and lllestnuea Sean 

69 DEARBORN STREET CH1CAOO, ILL. 

Frederic* T. McLeod, Manager 

SONG FILMS WANTED 

Also Purchase Song Slides 
JOSEPH F. COUFAL 

871 THIRD AVENUE. NEW YORK 



Arthur D. Goodrich 
aad Mile. Altai 



THE ILLUSTORELLES 

REPINED VAUDEVILLE 
and ILLUSTRATED SONC8 

FOR MOVING PICTURE THEATRES 

If you want to secure a drawing card for your theatre 

communicate with 

ARTHUR D. GOODRICH, Atkinson. N. H. 



Wanted.— Position (lady) pianist, singer (trained 
voice), in New York or suburbs. Experience ; ability 
Address, WARNER, 184 Waverly Place, New York. 



rAQ Oxygen and Hydrogen 
\Jf\sy In Cylinders. - - - 

Lime Pencils, Condensers, Etc. 
Prompt Service, Reasonable Rates 

ALBANY CALCIUM UGHT CO. 
26 William SL, Albany, N. V. 



TO DEALERS ONLY 

Conden@ir.fi Lenses, 

in &C, AC. 



KAS3BI ©. 
194* Broadwoy, * 



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New York 




Reproduction of the greatest dramatic sac* 
cess of all time. READY JANUARY 39tn, 1908 

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In writing to advertisers please .mention 
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FILMS OF ALL MAKERS. 



(The Latest Production Always Heads the List) 



BIOGRAFH. 

Falsely Accused 990 ft. 

"Energizer" • 789 it. 

Professional Jealousy. ..... . .609 ft. 

Mr. Gay and Mrs 762 ft. 

Dr. Skinum. 592 ft. 

The Elopement 693 ft. 

Wife Wanted 848 ft 

Under the Old Apple Tree. .378 ft 

Yale Laundry. ..80S f L 

Love Microbe. ... .. ..070 ft 

Terrible Tad , •z5?/ t 

Aa.Aicadiaa Elopement 71 5 ft. 

Lena cad the Beaus 413 ft 

Neighbors 135 ft. 

TW Tired Tailor's Dream. .625- ft. 
The Hrjmotist's - Revenge.. 1&3Q ft. 

Jdeaf Mutes'- Ball .....790 ft. 

batting Wight of Tttir 

The Model's Ma 333 ft. 

Delia in Dreamland 752 ft 

CARLO ROSSI. 

The Gay Vagabonds 334 ft 

A Soldier Must Obey Orders.. 

When Cherries Are -Ripe — — 

EDISON. 
Rescued from an Eagle's 

Nest 515 ft. 

The Suburbanite's Ingenious 

Alarm ; 595 ft. 

A Little Girl Who Did Not 

Believe .in Santa Claus....860 ft. 

Laughing Gas 575 ft. 

College Chums 700 ft. 

The Trainer 1 * Daughter 800 ft 

.Three American Beauties. ...85 ft. 
Parsifal .................. 1975 ft. 

Paul Reveres Ride .915 ft. 

Jack the Kisser.. 755 ft 

A Rice for -Millions . .975 ft 

• ••••>•••■•••••• /5V, Xb 

Struck *?§!*• 

Lives of. a Cat 955 ft 

Jameatown EjrpojitipQ 500 ft. 

Cat in the Alps 830 ft 

» . ' ES SANA Y. 

A Novice on Stilts 400 ft. 

A Home at Last 250 ft. 

The Eleventh. Hour 850 ft. 

Unveiling McKinley Memor- 

tal ..' .1000 ft. 

Hey, Therel Look Outl....400 ft. 

99 in the Shade ZTTT" 

The Vagabond 770 ft 

A ^FxcS'.Mtndis »••■•••••••• ■-■»■» ■ 

Xhe Street vmdt ■ •>•••••• •• ^st^^ ^s 

The Daneiac Nig 387 ft 

Lite Of a -Bootblack 726 ft. 

-Mr. Lnqvisizive 500 ft 

ataw^rtSore i647 ft. 

Aa Awful Skate .683 ft 

GAUMONT. 



GOODFELLOW. 



• A Restful Ride — 

The Gamekeeper's Dog 467 ft 

Anxious Day for Mother.... 340 ft. 

Valiant Son 367 ft. 

Ingenuity Conquers. ....... .304 ft. 

Tenor with Leather Lungs... 340 ft. 

Medal Winner 404 ft 

Girl's Dream 350 ft 

The Affianced 667 ft. 

Pied Piper of Hamelin 790 ft. 

Buying a Cow 517 p ft. 

Marvelous Powder ..414 ft. 

False Start 417 ft 

Cook's Fiance 554 ft. 

Tight .Fix. 444 ft. 

Waters of Life .817 ft 

Colonial Soldier 650 ft. 

Stolen Shoes 417 ft 

Grandfather and Kittens.... 227 ft 

Irresistible Piano „... 420 ft. 

Episode of Paris Commune.. 294 ft. 
Has -Stolen My Picycle?.257 ft 

. > Wind". '.'.'.'. .1 .-. '. .If* ft 
A Wi* Made to Order...... 354 ft 

The White- Shoes; or, Look-- .--• 

iaar for His Banknote 317 ft 

A Roiling Bed 340 ft 

T-e Lost Bass Drum: or, 

- Where la That Louise?... 534 ft 

Granuather and the Kitten.. 244 ft. 

The Bomb .314 ft 

Turning the Tables .347 ft 

The Stolen Shoes 434 ft 

The -Adventures of a Bath 

Chair 560 ft 

The Absent-Mlnded Professor. 504 ft 
Onions Make People Weep.. 544 ft 
The Irresistible Piano. .... .437 ft. 

The Athletic Dude 500 ft 



into 
....805 ft 

.•«•*«..«. OZD it. 



Faith's Rewards. 

Mixed Pickles. 

Smuggling Chinese 

'Getting Even.. 

That Dog Gone Dog 672 ft. 

Goldstein a Luck..;. 

A Disastrous Flirtation 825 ft 

Thnrsday Is My Jonah Day. 675 ft. 
It Served Them Right 860 ft. 

KALEM COMPANY (INC). 

Back to the Farm 570 ft. 

Dogs of Fashion............ 375 ft. 

Suack Doctor 325 ft. 
ays of '61 585 ft. 

Mountaineers ............. .610 ft. 

Ben Hur lflOO ft 

School Days. .470 ft. 

Lest' Mine. .455 it. 

Dramatic Rehearsal .105 ft 

Woman, Cruel Woman 315 ft 

The Rival Motorists 555 ft 

His Affinity 

Troubles of a Tramp ^— 

The GoM Brick 705 ft« 

It Was Mother-in-Law 160 ft 

Nathan Hair 750 ft 

Red Man's Way ..680 ft 

Oijnrtf Stave Smuggling... 650 ft 

Amateur Detective. 232 ft 

Nature Fakers. 490 ft 

Wooing of Miles Standiah..720 ft. 

.Jteggy's Camping tarty 705 ft. 

-Who'll Do the Washing?.... S95 ft 

One-Night -Stand.....'. iZ60- ft. 

The Sea Wojf..... rf55ft 

The -Book Ajjcnt. ••••....• .-.730rft. 
The Parson's. Picnic ..670^ft 

'The Tenderfoot* ■••••■••••".850 it 

Off for tie Day... .670 ft. 

The Pony. -Espress Rider.... 880 : ft 
The Gentleman Farmer..... 720 ft 

LUBIN. 

The Ringmaster's Wife 

How Brown Saw the Baseball 

Game .350 ft. 

Neighbors Who Borrow 493 ft 

The Foundling. ...823. ft- 

Harbor Pirates ...695. ft 

The Lost Collar Button....: 360 ft. 

The New Arrival 31C ft 

Moses Sells a Collar Bettsa.155 ft 
The -Blacksmith's Daughter. .845 ft 
The New -Apprentice........ 530 ft. 

Grandpa's Vacation 690 ft. 

Wanted: A Husband 565 ft. 

-MELIES. 

' The Knight of Black Art.... 371. ft 

Bakers in Trouble 365 ft. 

Shakespeare writing "Julius 

Csesar" 344 ft. 

Sight-seeing Through "' Whis- 
key .... 353 ft. 

Satan in Prison 300 it. 

Delirium in a Studio 302 ft. 

An Angelic Servant.. 483 ft. 

In the Bogie Man's Cave.... 350 ft. 

A Forester Made King .458 ft. 

Good Glue Stocks .-311- ft 

Seek and Thou Shalt Find- 
Trouble 88 ft. 

Sightseeing Through Whis- 
key 353ft. 

Shakespeare Writing Julius 
Cjrsar ......344 ft 

Satan in- Prison .'...300 ft 

A Story of Eggs 192 ft 

Hamlet Prince of Denmark. 570 ft 

Drink .312 ft 

Bewildering Cabinet ,370 ft. 

A New Death Penalty 400 ft 

.How Bridget's Lover Es- 
caped ,500 ft 

The Skipping Cheese iZSO ft 

Robert Maeaire & Bertrand.1060 ft 

JULES BROS. 

The Blackmailer 535 ft 

Pettieoat Regiment 785 ft 

Babe* in the Woods........ 378 ft 

Once Upon a Time There 

Was ..867 ft 

For. a Woman's Sake -.497 -ft 

His First Topper 255 ft 

Invalid's Adventure. — — — 

Cheekiest Man on Earth. 
Babes in the Woods. 

Female 'Regiment 

Arrival of the Lusitasia..- 

Great Lion Heat.......... 700. ft 

Female Wrestlers.... .-SOS ft 

Happy Bob as Boxer 262 ft 



PATHE FRERES. 

Man Who Walks On the 
Water 196 ft. 

Red Tapism .'311 ft. 

That Squally Beach .M64 ft. 

Adventures of an Overcoat.. 311 ft. 

Shipowner's Daughter....... 984 ft. 

Funny Faces Competition.... 311 ft. 

Going to Switzerland 738 ft. 

Lady Doctor's Husband 541 ft. 

Diabolical Itching 508 ft. 

Afraid of Microbes 377 ft. 

Bewitched Son-in-Law ...295 ft 

'Military Tournament at Sa- 

mur 426 ft. 

Heavyweight's Race 492 ft. 

Fatherhood and Drunkenness. 503 ft. 

Witch's Secret .246 ft 

Go, Little Cabin Boy (tint) , -.803* ft. 

Kiri-Kis (coL) 213 ft. 

First Cigar 393 ft. 

Prince's Idea .459 ft. 

Dog and His Various Merits.377 ft. 

The Shrimper (tint) 393 ft 

The Tulips (col.) ..344 it. 

Thirteen at Table 328 ft. 

The First Row 328 ft 

The Strong Man 442 ft. 

The Black Witch (tint) 328 ft 

The Bargeman's Child 672 ft. 

Elegant Paris.. — : 

The Witch Kiss (col.) 377 ft 

The Talisman or Sheep's Foot ' - 
(coL) ....984 it. 

Thieves Caught in Their Own ' 
Trap 295 ft. 

Doings of.a Poodle ....344. ft. 

Wonderful Mirrors (col.) 442 ft' 

Manners and Customs in Aus- 
tralia 508 ft. 

An Uncle by Marriage 541 ft 

On the Grass 188 ft. 

Daily Life of a French Sailor.688 ft. 

Madam's Fancies... 426 ft. 

Unknown Talent 377 ft. 

Blue Beard (tint) .738 ft 

Music-Forward (col.) .246. ft. 

A Champion After All .410 ft. 

Sailors' Practical Jokes. .... .377- it. 

Elephants in India 492 ft. 

Up-to-Date Burglars. 508 • ft. 

A Super's Debut. A ...... ...344 ft. 

A Mother's Secret 606 ft 

THEO. PATHE. 
T. P.— PARIS. 

Brain Storm.. 517 ft 

Who Owns the Pear? 234 ft 

Unlucky S ub stit ut i on 517 ft. 

The- Blactensith's Strike 1067 -ft. 

Too -Many Children 734 ft. 

Gov er n ess Wasted 517 it 

Cream-Eating -Contest Ill ft 

Non • Commissioned Officers' 

Honor 00 ft 

Interesting RswAwaf 184 ft 

Clever Detective. ....700 ft. 

SELIG. 

The Miser's Fate .-400 ft 

The Irish Blacksmith 

The Newly-Wed's First Meal ... . 290 ft 

The Financial Scare 435 ft 

The Tramp Hypnotist 380 ft 

Wooing and Wedding' of t a 

Coon ,....—— 

Whata Pipe Did ...465 ft 

A Southern Romance .590 it 

Mishaps of a Baby Corrisce.460 ft. 
The Girl and the Judge. ... .835 . ft 
Motoring Under Difficulties. .450 ft. 

A Life for a Life 

Cab 23 75S ft 

All's Well that Ends WcU..;600 ft 
Grand- Canyon of Arizona... 600 ft 

RolisrJ Skate Craze SCO ft 

The Onion Fiend 425 -ft. 

The Matinee Idol :480 ft 

The Bookworm 445 ft 

Western Justice 700 ft. 

The Mather. 440 ft 

One of the Finest.... .535" ft 



The Bandit King 1030 ft. 

SOCIETY ITALIAN CTNZS. 
The Rivals 574 ft 

Adventures of a Gountryman.306 ft. 

Christmas 371 ft 

Japanese Vaudeville.... 315 ft. 

A Brief Story \ 75 ft 

A Magistrate s Crime. 420 ft. 

Venetian Baker..- ..765 ft. 

Watchmaker's Secret...;.... 772. ft 
In the Dreamland ....387 ft 

Where Is My Head? 1S3 ft 

Monk's Vengeance ...284 ft 



- Stolen Chicken. • • • • • 
Modern" Samson.... 
Hunting the— Devil.. 

Electric Pile........ 

Gitana •.••^••••••. 

Kidnapping a Bride 
Fountains of Rome. 



272 ft. 

291 I 

17] £ 

mi 

S33fe 

Slavery of ^afSssfe^ '.'.'.'.'.lu * 

The Fireman 

Modern Youth 
Ragpicker's Da 



MS 

-.10810. 
'aughter 694 £ 

■*?>»••-• 245 ft, 



File de Chiffonier 554 £ 

URBAN-ECLIPSE. 

Mr. Sleepy Head 37 u 

Highly Scented Bouquet 114 ft. 

Diabolo -Nightmare 394* 

The Cashier 727 ft, 

When the Devil Drives 4S4 ft 

Willing- to Oblige uo ft 

Against the Law.. 620 ft 

Youthful Hackenschmidts 194 ft, 

■ Love Levels All Ranks. ; 460 o. 

Bulgarian Army.... 440 h. 

Deaf and Dumb....... 667ft 

Cabman Mystified.-..', 287ft. 

The Tattler. 394ft, 

Misadventures of a Street 

t Singer , 307 ft. 

Unlucky Trousers. 280 ft, 

ReedhamBoys' Aquatic 

.Sports, i....." 434 ft. 

BadVBoys Joke «37ft 

Daughter's Lover in Difficul- 
ties .. 447 ft 

Stolen Child's Career 614 ft 

French Recruit £67 ft 

Comrade .'Rations 320 ft 

- Simple-Minded ' Peasant 647 ft 

"ing Edward on H. M. S. 

. Dr^dnought 534 ft. 

Launch of the - British- Battle- 

ship -Bellerophon 427ft 

Anonymous -Letter 434ft 

Accidents Will Happen 474 ft 

Through Hong-Kong. 627 ft 

VITAGSAFH. 

The Last Cartridge.. 600ft. 

Lost Strayed or Stolen 375 ft 

The Shaughraun 700 ft. 

The Jealous Wife 300 ft. 

An Indian Love Story 6C0 ft 

Work Made Easy 500 ft 

The Miser's Hoard 350 ft 

A Night in Dreamland 500 ft. 

A Clown's Love Story 325 ft 

A Tale of the Sea 750 ft. 

The Need of Gold 475 ft 

Laughing Gas 400ft 

The Burglar and the Baby.. 375 ft 

Under False Colors 575 ft 

The Despatch Bearer 725 e. 

A Fish Story 450ft 

A Crazy Quilt ;4C0t 

The Twin Brother'a Joke... 600 £ 

A Little Hero SOOft 

The Kitchen Maid's Dream.. «0t 

The Soldier's Dream. 300 fc 

The VcKcd Besety 6Mft 

The Inquisitive Bay 509 J 

The Masquerade Party 5M 6 - 

The Piker'a Dreasa 600a 

WILLIAMS. BROWN & EASIX 

The Viking's Bride *»ft 

The Artful Lovers gji 

Testing a Lifeboat 200a 

The Sticky Bicycle 495 1 

-Rebellious Schoolgirls M»J 

Servia!? a Summons 1W? 

A : Soldier's Jealousy «J ft 

Brisk «Jf 

Too Devoted Wife 375* 

Sham Sword Swallower...;35» ft 

A Day of His Own Jgg 

Modern Don Juan 37S J. 

Cricket -Terms Illustrated... 2"^ 

Miscbievoas Girla. -SI 

A. Seaside Girl... 
Don't: Go -to Law 
A Sailor's Lass 



Ml 

AModera Don Jean 375 1 

VJZA Animals.... «fjg 

Just in Time. pi 

Disk Turcin 52? 

The PoeVT Babies -^ 

ACTOGRAPH CO. 

Presentsrion of Firemen's 
Bravery Mrrlals by Mayor 

MeCleHan 25 °* 

Mystic Shriners at Dream- 
Hunting "in "Can3dia3*Woods.6» ^ 



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Theatre novelty of great value. 

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Published Every Saturday. 
Th» World Photographic Publishing Company* Mow Tort 

ALFBED H. SAVHDSBS, Editor. 
J. P. Cholmon, Auodate Editor and Boainoso Maaatfor. 



Vol. 2 



JANUARY 25 



No. 4 



SUBSGBIPTION: $2.00 per year. Post free in the 
United States, Mexico, Hawaii, Porto Rico and the 
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Ret Advertising Rate: $1.75 per inch; 15 cents per line 



Editorial. 



The Daily Press and Moving 
Pictures. 

We want to raise our voice in protest against the daily 
press for the criminal manner in which they handle news 
relating to any accident that occurs in connection with a. 
stereopticon, or a cinematograph exhibition. The press 
came out on Tuesday, 14th inst, with great glaring head- 
lines on the Boyertown disaster, and when it was proved- 
they were false, the press in the smallest type allowed 
they had made a. mistake. We think it is only right that 
the whole press should apologize in the largest type at 
their disposal for the glaring wrong they committed 
against a large and growing industry. 

What the press ought to do, and what it does after 
doing incalculable injury, are two different things. This 
b how the New York Mail garbles the account: 

"Could It Happen Here? 

"One hundred and fiftv killed and seventy-five 
injured is the hideous story that comes from the 
theater accident in the little Pennsylvania com- 
munity of Boyertown. Perhaps it has a lesson 
that immediately concerns this big city. The 
lesson is suggested by the fact that the fire was 
caused by the explosion of a moving picture ma- 
chine, located near the only stairway, so that the 
flames prevented egress. 

"This city has an indeterminate number of 
moving picture shows which has been estimated 
all the way from 500 to 1,000. Most of them are 
on the street floors, it is true ; yet all are inade- 
quately supplied with exits, and nearly all are in 
highly inflammable surroundings — old store- 
rooms in which cheap chairs have been placed. 
In many, the moving picture machine commands 



the main exit, just as it did in the Boyertown 
horror." 

The New York World says: 

"Another moving picture explosion has caused 
fire and loss of life. Will the double warning be 
heeded or must New York wait for its own spe- 
cial disaster before precautionary measures are 
taken?" 

These are clippings taken at random from a large num- 
ber, all bearing the same untruthful stamp, and all hav- 
ing the same tendency to damage the moving picture in- 
dustry. Why should they go out of their way to do thus ? 

Here is the truth : 

"The man who operated the stereopticon 
[please note — Ed.], H. W. Fischer, admits that 
it was the exhausting of gas frbm one of the 
tanks connected with his apparatus that caused 
the first ruffle, insignificant though it may have 
been in itself, to- disturb the ill-fated audience. 
But this same man declares that he stopped the 
noise and escaping gas, that the audience quieted 
and that all would have been well had not some- 
one of the players lifted the stage curtain and 
upset one of the oil lamps used as footlights. 

"An entirely new explanation of the origin of 
the fire came when George Rqmig, the pianist at 
the performance, made the statement that it was 
not the overturning of a footlight lamp upon the 
stage by a performer in raising the curtain, but 
the upsetting of his own music lamp that started 
the fire. 

"The lamp was turned low and setting on the 
floor while the stereopticon pictures were being 
shown. Then came the hissing of the escaping 
gas and the confusion of the people. An usher 
ran up the aisle to quell the impending panic 
and kicked over the music lamp. In addition 
Romig admits that he was' the man who lifted 
the curtain, but denies that this, act upset 
the footlight lamps, declaring that they were up- 
set by some person or persons who sat in the 
front seats of the auditorium, and who scrambled 
up on the stage." 

Our readers will agree with us that this puts quite a 
new complexion on the affair, and proves the moving pict- 
ure machine had nothing to do with the disaster. 

Fire Chief Croker, in an interview with a- New York 
World reporter, published on another page, makes wild 
and serious charges against the building and fire commis- 
sioners, which, if true, show a lack of discipline in these 
departments, and evince a state of affairs that is not cred- 
itable to the "powers that be" in the city. One statement : 
"In several places inferior machines, he says, are used, 
■ and inexperienced operators are often employed : in one 
place visited, a fifteen-year-old boy was operating the 
machine." 

If Chief Croker did not close that place at once he 
deserves a severe reprimand. Again, "The fireproofing 
arrangements are not sufficient to prevent a .spread of 
the slightest fire. The partitions around the film machines 
are nothing more than a curtained shield with a sheet of 
tin nailed to the ceiling." Does the Chief know of what 
he is talking? Or, is he speaking of years gone by, when 
the inspectors could be bought with a five-dollar bill (if 
reports are true) ? He surely cannot say these conditions 
exist now. We have visited many and found the most 
exacting arrangements had to be complied with, and that 



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the inspectors were very urgent in seeing every safety 
device was adopted by the propritors. 

The Chief finishes up with a list of theater fires dating 
from 1811 to the present. We are at a loss to under- 
stand what these have to do with moving picture ma- 
chines. Again, oftentimes when speaking of fires in mov- 
ing picture shows, the Paris disaster of 1897 is raked up. 
We want to put our readers in possession of the facts 
which we personally investigated at the time, as follows : 
The cause was attributed to the optical lantern, the burst- 
ing of a cylinder, the explosion of a saturator, the cellu- 
loid film, and, as in Boyertown, the falling over of a lamp. 
We learnt that the cinematograph was supplied with the 
Oxy-Etha light, a French saturator being used. The 
him was run into a basket in front of the machine. The 
saturator sucked back, by someone treading on the supply 
tube, and the light went out One of the operators struck 
a match and relit the jet, then threw the lighted match 
into the basket of Mm. At the trial, which was at once 
instituted against the proprietor and two operators, the 
whole of the above was proved false, and that the real 
cause was that the two lantern operators were refilling 
the empty saturator with ether near a naked fight, which 
immediately ignited the fumes, causing the disaster. The 
president, Baron Mackan, was fined 500 francs. Mons. 
Bellac — operator — fined 300 francs, and twelve months' 
imprisonment, and Mons. Bagrachow, assistant operator, 
fined 200 francs and eight months' imprisonment. They 
were, however, given the benefit of the Berenger First 
Offender's Act. 

In defending the moving picture industry,, we want the 
saddle put on to the right horse, and the blame placed in 
the right quarter. We have troubles enough of our own 
to answer for, without being blamed for the cause of 
every theater, opera, or concert fire, as is implied by Chief 
Croker. 

To this end we want every one of our readers to send 
a copy of this editorial to each paper in their neighbor- 
hood, and distribute among their audiences, so that we 
may reach as many of the public as do the daily papers. 

We will keep it set up, and print as a leaflet, for general 
distribution, if our readers will let us know how many 
they can dispose of. 



Blue Print Lantern Slides. 

A German exchange says that lantern slides of a blue 
tone that is a pleasing variety from the usual black may 
be made from spoiled or old plates which have not been 
developed, by fixing, washing well, and then dipping five 
minutes in the following solution: 

A. Green iron ammonium citrate. . .150 grains 
Water 1 ounce 

B. Potassium ferricyanide 50 grains 

Water 1 ounce 

Prepare the solutions separately and mix equal parts 
for use, at the time of employment. Dry the plates in 
the dark, and keep in the dark until used. Printing is 
done in the sun, and a vigorous negative must be used. 
Exposure, 20 to 30 minutes. Wash 10 minutes in run- 
ning water and dry. Brown or purple tones may be had 
by sensitizing with the following solution instead of the 
above : 

Distilled water 1 ounce 

Silver nitrate 50 grains 

Tartaric or citric acid % ounce 

Bathe the plates five minutes, keeping the fingers out 
of the solution, to avoid blackened skin. Dry in me dark. 
Print to bronzing under a strong negative; fix in hypo 
toning first if desired. 



Licensed Operator. 

By Van C. Lee.- ' 

* Bills are being prepared to be introduced to the law 
makers of some of the States, making it compulsory for 
moving picture machine operators to be licensed after 
passing a required examination. 

The main purpose of such a law is, of course, the pro- 
tection of the public which patronizes moving picture 
exhibitions. The question is, should the managers and 
owners of picture theaters be for or against the passage 
of such a law? 

To be a moving picture machine operator it is not 
necessary that the operator be a qualified electrician, nor, 
where gases are used, to be a chemist. It is only nec- 
essary that he understand the principles of his light- 
making apparatus, the general construction of his ma- 
chine, the ability to take care of his machine and the films, 
and a few minor points of less importance. 

But it is necessary, under existing conditions, that the 
operator should be a man (not a boy) who is always cool 
and level-headed, and capable under any and all circum- 
stances to successfully meet any emergency which may 
suddenly and without any warning confront him. 

Fire is the great peril in any hall where a crowd is 
assembled. But the cry of fire, either from some imagi- 
nation, a light reflection or the fool prank of a joker, is 
nearly as bad as the actual fire, as in nearly all cases 
where a fire has occurred in any hall filled with people, 
it was the panic and not the fire which caused the loss 
of life. While, were it not for the panic, the fire itself 
would cause only a damage to property in dollars and 
cents, with scarcely any loss of life. 

It is hard, therefore, to conceive just what sort of an 
examination, to be effective, a man would have to pass 
in order to secure his operator's license. \ 

Had the owners and managers of halls where picture 
machines are installed used careful judgment in securing 
their operators, extreme measures would never have had 
to been resorted to, but a universal demand of this kind 
could never be realized without some form of enforce- 
ment, and it is to be hoped that every picture theater 
owner and manager will realize that such a law will not 
only lessen their chances and risk of danger, but will also 
increase their door receipts, because the people in gen- 
eral will, feel more like patronizing places which are safe- 
guarded, and in which their lives are protected, and that 
these same managers and owners will co-operate with 
the State legislative bodies toward making the passage of 
such a law a unanimous success. 

On the other hand, what a great benefit it would be 
to the operator. Surely, it would weed out a great many 
incompetents, but if a man is not capable of answering 
such questions as we may expect will be asked by an 
examining board and fulfill the obligations which might 
be required to secure his license, then he should look for 
different kind of employment. 

He may be a- good man for some other job, as even' 
man js not fitted for what he might wish to follow, but 
for him to even attempt to hold a position and be a detri- 
ment to his employers and endangering his own as well 
as hundreds of lives, is nothing short of a crime to 
allow. 

But the man who is fitted for this particular position 
will have no trouble in passing an examination. He will 
soon find his services are in demand.- His wages will 
increase and his position be elevated to a much higher 
level than he can ever hope for it to possibly be under 
the existing circumstances. 

There is one positive fact: Whether it is in the li- 



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censing of the operator, or in the shape of some other 
reform or both, something MUST be done. There are 
far too many incompetents in the business now, and it 
produces a demoralizing effect upon all. 

It may, however, be predicted with assurance that, un- 
less radical changes otherwise take effect, toward the safe- 
guarding of the public, the licentiate will be a reality, 
and it is to be hoped that the bills, soon to be presented, 
as well as others which will follow, will pass without 
opposition. 

Tinting Films. 

We have been asked to supply the names of firms who 
manufacture the film tinting fluids. So far as we can 
learn these are not marketed, but are prepared by each 
film manufacturer to suit his own taste and the nature of 
the subject. Anilin dyes are used dissolved in water 
(preferably distilled) in the proportions of i to 200. 

The anilin dyes are obtainable in any large city. For 
red tints eosin, erythrosin, or rubinaline; for cold tones 
methyl green or anilin blue ; for the warm tints, methyl 
orange or naphthol yellow. By blending these a variety 
of tints may be obtained. The film is immersed in the 
solution until sufficiently tinted and then dried. It is said 
that better results are obtained by immersing the film for 
one minute in a clearing bam previous to drying. This 
is composed of alcohol 20 parts, distilled water 20 parts, 
glacial acetic acid 1 part. 



Blue or Green Toned Films. 

The following method of toning positive films to a 
green or blue by chemical action we quote from "Das 
Bild," a German publication. For green tones immerse 
the film in a solution of potassium ferricyanide, 15 grains 
to the ounce of water, for a minute. Wash for five min- 
utes and then immerse in a solution containing 10 grains 
of iron sulphate to the ounce of water. Allow the film 
to become deep blue and then wash thoroughly in water 
and place in a third solution containing five grains of 
sodium chromate to the ounce. Another washing will 
produce the desired green tone; 
Another formula for blue tones is: 
Solution "A." 
Potassium ferricyanide .... 8 parts 

. Water : 1000 parts 

Solution "B." 

Ammonia iron alum 10 parts 

Hydrochloric acid ........ 10 parts 

Water 1000 parts 

Mix one part of "A" with two parts of "B" and make 

up to ten parts with water. Immerse the film until the 

toning is completed. 



Our Visits. 



This week it was our pleasure to see "The Last Cart- 
ridge," a film, with the exception of a short length of 
ghost, photographically perfect, beautifully staged, and 
the histrionic details carried out with a vigor that carries 
thi audience away. The scene is set in India during the 
time of the Mutiny. It shows the dance so well described 
by poets and historians, the warning cry, the rush to 
safety, the treachery of the Sepoys, the gallant dash for 
aid, the fall of the brave defenders of the garrison, until 
all left are the old general and his daughter, who 
pleads with her father to be merciful and shoot her be- 
fore she falls into the hands of the Sepoys. Just at the 
moment he is about to fire the last cartridge the old gen- 



eral hears the shout of reserves and there dash through 
the enemy's ranks the Highlanders, led by the lover of 
the girl. We saw ac i^sembly of perhaps five hundred 
and there was scarce a dry eye in the audience when the 
scene was brought to a close: 

Another worthy of mention is "Falsely Accused," a 
film bearing on the invention of a moving picture cam- 
era. The villain of the piece robs and slays the inventor 
through vengeance for being rejected by his daughter. 
The daughter is discovered with a knife in her hand, and 
the villian of the piece denounces her as the murderer 
of her father. The trial takes place, and circumstantial 
evidence dooms the poor girl. The lover trying to find 
a clue comes across the moving picture camera and finds 
a piece of film therein which he takes to the inventor's 
assistant, who develops it, prints a positive, and proves 
to the judge by a moving picture machine who the vil- 
lain of the piece is, and he is given his just desserts. The 
plot is well worked up, and all the details are blended in- 
to each, other, making a fine piece de resistance, full of 
photographic detail and excellence. 

"Red Tapism" shows French methods of going about 
to get a few broken pieces of glass picked up. It may be 
comic— we couldn't see it It only tends to show what 
a set of blockheads rule the studio. 

The same may be said of the man who walks on water. 
The people are getting tired of such stuff, which shows 
lack of talent and ideas. 




The Society Italian "Cines" inform us they have secured the 
sole agency for Williamson & Co., of London, England, with 
factories at Hove, Brighton. Williamson & Co. are of ten years' 
standing and one of the original manufacturers of film in England, 
and have a reputation of making some of the best film manufac- 
tured by the Anglo-Saxon race. We are personally acquainted 
with this firm and congratulate the Italian "Cines" on securing 

the exclusive agency. 

♦ * * 

Boytertown, Pa. — We specially asked Henry W. Fischer, the 
stereopticon operator at the Boyertown Theater horror, concern- 
ing the condition of the oxy-hydrogen tanks of his picture ma- 
chine after the fire had occurred. 

"I did not see them again after I made my escape from the 
burning building," he replied ; "but there was no explosion when 
the fire occurred, you may be* sure of that. If there had been, 
I would have been the first to suffer by it, and probably be 
killed, for I was right there at the machine. 

"The reports in regard to escaping gas are also incorrect. The 
only gas which escaped was that which caused the hissing sound, 
and this, as I have before stated, I quickly checked. One of the 
two tanks I know was full when I left the machine. I cannot 
say just how the other was. I suppose some of the gas was 
out of it, for the reason I have given. 

"I had a lighted lamp only three feet away from the stere- 
opticon. When I had disconnected the tube at the time the valve 
did not close and the hissing sound occurred, I quickly reached 
with my other hand and extinguished the light, to prevent any 
possible danger from this source. The people were showing signs 
of alarm and I did not want the lighted lamp upset and the 
burning oil running over the floor. There was no explosion and 
no great quantity of escaping gas." 

* * * 

Atlantic City. — Managers of local playhouses will be asked to 
• have a hymn sung at each Sunday performance as a compromise 
with members of the local W. C. T. U., which threatened to close 
the moving picture shows given Sunday evenings. 

A special committee of women that visited the shows brought 
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the performances, but recommended that hymns take the place of 
"illustrated songs," with the audience taking part 

* * * 

The selectmen of Springfield, Mass., gave a public hearing in 
their office on the petition of J. D. Cadle for a revocation of the 
license of the "Bijou Dream," on Elm street. This place is run 
by a moving picture concern, the Eastern Amusement Company, 
with Paul E. Page as manager. Mr. Cadle outlined his reasons 
for asking that the license be revoked, stating that in his opinion 
the place was a menace to public health and morals, that it in- 
creased the insurance rates of adjoining property, was unsani- 
tary, that there was danger from fire and that the place was con- 
ducive to idleness, beggary and crime. Mr. Cadle. said that his 
rate of insurance had been increased nearly $15 per $1,000 as a 
result of the moving picture machine being installed in the 
building next to his. W. K. Buschmann represented Mr. Page 
and the owners of the building, and asked Mr. Cadle if he did 
not at one time agree to withdraw any opposition to the license 
if- the extra cost in insurance was paid by the moving picture 
company. Mr. Cadle stated that he did request that the extra 
cost be paid by the company, but that after investigating the 
matter he concluded that the license should be revoked regard- 
less of any raise in his own rates. He said that from a moral 
and sanitary standpoint he objected to the place being licensed 
and would not favor a continuance of the license even should 
the company agree to pay him $1,000 a year. Members of the 
Board of Health told of complaints of the poor ventilation of the 
place, and Agent Porter said that conditions were vile. 

* » » 

Burton Holmes, the lecturer, began his annual series of 
travelogues at Carnegie Hall, New York, January 12, and for 
upward of two hours vastly entertained an audience which packed 
the big auditorium. The lecture was illustrated with still and 
moving pictures, which created a profound impression because of 
their beauty. 

Mr. Holmes this year is devoting himself to talking about the 
live best governed and largest cities of the Old World, and last 
night confined himself to Berlin.' He called particular attention 
to the cleanly condition of its thoroughfares. 

"If the Mayor of New York would go to Berlin and make a 
study of the way in which the streets are kept in condition, he 
would learn a vast amount," said the lecturer, "and it would be 
well worth while." 

Mr. Holmes told how this great work is accomplished, and 
then gave an illustrated. description of the pastimes of the inhabi- 
tants. : Later he showed views of Emperor William and his family 
in their dailv ceremonial routine, and pictures of the army. 

* * * 

Plans have been filed with the New York Building Commis- 
sioners for remodelling the three-story slot machine building at 
No. 107 Bowery into an amusement hall with moving picture ex- 
hibition equipment.- The improvements are to be made for the 
J. Valensi Company as new owner, and are to cost $5,000, ac- 
cording to the estimate of the architect, Louis C. Maurer. 

* * * 

A correspondent in Grand Rapids, Mich., says that armed to 
the teeth with signatures of Monroe street merchants, professional 
men, bankers, and accompanied bv John Vander Weyden, man- 
ager of the Beacon Shoe House ; Z. V. Cheney, rental man of the 
Ledyard Block, and Ben. E. West, druggist, as endorsers, A. J. 
Gilhgham, moving picture show manager, met with the license 
committee last week, as did Alderman Averill, who opposed the 
granting a vaudette license on Mqnroe street. 
. Mr. West declared himself a convert fothe moving picture 
business and, that while once was opposed to them, he believed 
them a big trade getter for other stores in the near vicinity, and 
he hoped more would locate on Monroe street. He said Rindge 
& Krekel, shoe merchants on Canal street, was between two such 
shows and considered their location bettered 20 per cent 

Mr. Vander Weyden said he would .be two doors from the 
proposed miniature show house, and believed it a good drawing 
card for the merchants on Monroe street. 

Alderman Averill presented a petition remonstrating against 
granting the license signed by seven Monroe street merchants, 
mostly on the south side of Monroe street, opposite to the pro- 
posed show place. 

Alderman Gus Oswald. — "I favor moving picture shows 
wherever they are located. They bring business for adjoining 
stores and those in their immediate vicinity. In fact, they are 
an encouraging factor for so much new business that merchants 
have come to recognize them as trade builders." 

* * * 

Capua, Italy. — Anthony Beltramelli is accused of running a 
blackmailing machine in Capua for about a year. He was ar- 
rested and will be tried on numerous charges of extortion. 

The blackmailing machine, as young people here call it, is 
really a cinematograph. Beltramelli has been running it in an 



improved open-air theater on the roof of a building overlooking 
the municipal park. In this park is a secluded nook known as 
"the lovers* retreat." 

The nook is not so secluded but that Beltramelli's camera com- 
manded it when accurately trained, and the moving picture man's 
system, it is charged, was to aim the machine in the right direc- 
tion, and set it going whenever the retreat was occupied and the 
light favorable for picture taking. 

After making a good collection of photographs, he made a 
practice, his accusers say, of offering the original films at a round 
price. Some of the films were very startling, and the subjects 
were glad to buy them for whatever Beltramelli asked, it is said. 

The victims, as alleged, were very numerous, and few of them 
cared to complain. Finally, however, particulars of the industry 
began to leak out, and the police set a trap. They posted a pair 
of bogus wooers in the nook, who didn't care whether they were 
photographed or not. 

Beltramelli took them, and is said to have offered them the 
films at his schedule rate, and threatened to display them pub- 
licly unless he got his money. He was promptly arrested. 

Now a number of other couples have come to the front with 
similar stories, and so many cases are threatened against the 
prisoner that the accumulated penalties against him will be very 
heavy if convictions are secured in every case. 

* * * 

Upon his promise not to give any more moving picture shows 
at Manchester, Conn., Sunday, the case of James Ityan, who was 
notified Sunday night of his arrest on a charge of doing work 
on the Lord's day which was not of necessity, which was to 
have been brought against him in court, was indefinitely post- 
poned. This ending was reached through an agreement between 
the prosecuting attorney and counsel for Ryan, so it was not 
necessary to hear the case. 

* * % 

Newark, N. J., notifies us that efforts are being made by the 
managers and owners of the various local moving picture thea- 
ters in the near future to reopen for business on Sundays. They 
have been encouraged by the decisions of the high courts in sev- 
eral of the leading cities of the country, and with the headway 
the New Yorkers are making they believe that their attempt here 
will be successful. 

A meeting of those interested was held in the office of Rudolph 
A. Braun and a permanent organization was formed. It will be 
known as the Moving Picture Exhibitors' Protective Association. 
Henry Rorbrecht was elected temporary chairman, and George L 
Black secretary. Twelve of the fourteen local theaters were rep- 
resented. 

In addition to fighting against the Sabbath closing, the man- 
agers will endeavor to get better recognition from the Board of 
Underwriters and the city officials. Rules and by-laws will be 
submitted at the next meeting of the association, and Mr. Braun 
was authorized to proceed with the fight. 

The majority 01 the places were opened throughout the city 
until several weeks ago, when they were ordered closed. Since 
that time the local theaters have been having sacred performances 
on Sunday nights. 

"This is a cosmopolitan city, and the working class who favor 
a liberal Sunday want it," said one of the managers to-day. "It 
is for their interest as well as our own that we are fighting. We 
pay the same license as the big theaters, and while their admis- 
sion reaches as high as $2 a seat very often, the best we get is 
five cents. Our understanding is that Mayor Haussling is not 
opposed to our being open on Sunday, and the opinion of the 
Common Council is believed to be the same. We want only what 
is right and believe in equality for all/' 

Mr. Braun, who will be a member of the next Legislature, and 
who may introduce a liberal excise bill, stated that he understood 
that Assemblyman Martin intended to scrutinize the old blue 
laws adopted years ago and which have outgrown their useful- 
ness, with a view of having them amended. 

Several of the moving picture places are controlled by large 
metropolitan corporations. If the police decide to interfere an 
injunction preventing them from doing so may be secured. 

A Boise City, Idaho, reader says George R. Ensenberger, man- 
ager of Hale's tours, had the big observation car taken from the 
building at 613 Main street and will have it stored here until 
spring, when it will be shipped to some other point. Mr. Ensen- 
berger expects to make arrangements to have the building re- 
modeled and will use it either for vaudeville performances or 
moving pictures, if satisfactory arrangements can be made. 

* * * 

In order to prevent here any such disaster as occurred at 
Boyertown, Pa., Captain Lester L. Kingsbury, chief electric in- 
spector for the dry. will have posted . in every theater in Balti- 
more, Md., the following notice, addressed to the theater elec- 
tricians: 

"You are hereby notified that the following regulations per- 



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taming to electric properties that come into this house must be 
complied with : # 

"Every arc lamp must have in attendance a competent operator 
while the lamp is in circuit. This operator must be in constant 
attendance at the lamp. 

".Motors in circuit must have a competent attendant in charge 
at all times. -..'.._ 

"All arc lamps must be inclosed in iron with approved hoods 
and screens. Switches and rheostat coils must be protected in 
iron. 

"All strip lights, bunch lights, moon and sun boxes must be 
inclosed in iron. 

"All plugging boxes must be of improved inclosed style. 

"All sockets and receptacles must be of improved type, with 
concealed lugs. 

"Portable switchboards, dimmers and rheostats (other 'than 
those attached to lamps) must be inclosed in iron-lined boxes. 
. "All fuses must be of the inclosed type. 

"All incandescent lamps used in paper lanterns, garlands or 
streamers must be provided with wire guards. 

"All cables must be of improved type known as 'flexible stage 
cables.' 

"You will be held' responsible for violation of any of the fore- 
going regulations." 

Captain Kingsbury said that a year ago he tried to impress 
theater managers with the fact that moving picture machines, 
one of which caused the holocaust at Boyertown, were danger- 
ous unless equipped with many safety devices. He then ordered 
that every moving picture machine operating here be equipped 
with magazines protecting the inflammable film from the heat, 
and he also ordered every machine encased in a fireproof cabinet. 
Captain Kingsbury said that one theater disobeyed the order, 
and in about half an hour fire engines were standing in front of 
the place. The machine had exploded and burned a big hole in 
the ceiling. 

Rut to make binding these orders of Captain Kingsbury, Build- 
ing Inspector Preston said recently that he had put them into 
the new building code that may soon be adopted by the City 
Council. 

The most important of these stringent regulations arc the 
following : 

"No machine for moving pictures shall be operated outside a 
fireproof room or cabinet 

"Every machine shall be provided with a fireproof box or 
magazine for both upper and lower reels, with necessary take-up 
gearing. 

"The openings in the magazines for the film shall be provided 
with a device to prevent flames from following the film into the 
magazines. - - 

"Machines sliall be equipped with an automatic device which 
will cut off all rays of light from the lamp. 

"The lamp, if electric, gas or oil, > must be inclosed in an iron 
box with a gravity shutter, to cut off all rays of light passing 
through the lens. It must have a ventilated hood lined with 
fireproof insulating material." 

There are several other regulations that Captain Kingsbury 
hopes will make moving picture machines comparatively safe. 
He said that the rolls of film used in moving picture machines are 
of celluloid, and so inflammable that whenever a film catches it 
means an explosion. 



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The theater fire at Boyertown, Pa., while not directly at- 
tributable to the moving picture machine which figured so promi- 
nently in the tragedy, has given renewed strength to the agita- 
tion which has been under way ever since the burning of the 
Charity Bazaar in Paris, to surround such exhibitions with safe- 
guards. The fire record of New York shows that during the 
past two months there has been a property loss of more than 
$160,000 involved in fires which started in or which damaged 
buildings in which moving picture machines were installed. 

An expert of the National Board of Fire Underwriters who 
has studied this phase of the fire hazard says : # 

"It is safe to say that there are thousands of itinerant show- 
men about the country with moving picture machines, fitted either 
with electricity or the old-fashioned calcium light. The machine 
itself, if it is operated according to the specifications of the 
National Board's code, is not especially hazardous, but the sur- 
roundings always are. Almost any sort of a place will suffice 
for an auditorium, but especially the old-time country "opera 
house" and lodge room, usually located on the second or third 
floor of a frame or brick building, reached by one narrow stair- 
way, usually the only entrance, and almost always with a sharp 
angle in jt "half-way up. 

' In this city, usually a vacant store, gaudily plastered with in- 
flammable material and holding machines which in no way meet 
the requirements of the code, are almost as dangerous to human 



life and a good deal more dangerous to property because of the 
concentration of values. 

"How many moving picture machines meet the most impor- 
tant requirement, which is that the machine must be placed in an 
enclosure or house made of suitable fireproof material, thor- 
oughly ventilated and large enough for the operator to walk freely 
on either side of the apparatus? AH openings into this booth 
should be arranged so as to be entirely closed by doors or shut- 
ters constructed by fireproof material and should be so fitted as 
to be held normally closed by spring hinges or similar devices." 

The other rules, which relate to machines when electricity is 
used, are as follows: 

a. Arc lamp used as a part of moving picture machines must 
be constructed similar to arc lamps of theaters, and wiring of 
same must not be of less capacity than No. 6 B. & S. gauge. 

b. Rheostats must conform to rheostat requirements for thea- 
ter arcs. 

c Top reel must be encased in a steel box with hole at the 
bottom only large enough for film to pass through, and cover so 
arranged that this hole can-'be instantly closed. No solder to be 
used in the construction of this box. 

d. A steel box must be used, for receiving the film after being 
shown, With a hole in the_top only large enough for the film to 
pass through freely, with a cover so arranged that this hole can 
be instantly closed. An opening may be placed at the side of 
the box to take the film out, with a door hung at the top, so 
arranged that it cannot be entirely opened, and provided with 
spring catch to lock it closed. No solder to be used in the con- 
struction of this bo:-. 

,e. The handle or crank used in operating the machine must he 
secured to the spindle of shaft so that there will be no liability of 
its coming off and allowing the film to stop in front of lamp. 

f. A shutter must be placed in front of the condenser, arranged 
so as to be readily closed. 

g. Extra films must be kept in metal box with tight fitting 
cover. 

h. Machines must be operated by hand. Motor driven will not 

be permitted. 

* * * 

The police won a victory over a moving picture firm in the 
Gates Avenue Court, Brooklyn, N. Y., when Magistrate Furlong 
found the manager and four of the employees in a Broadway 
place guilty, and fined the former ten dollars and each of the 
latter five dollars. The decision affected one of the Brill & Fox 
shows, over which there has. been so much controversy, and 
which figured in an injunction .granted by a Supreme Court 
justice, and was a thorn in the side of Assistant Corporation 
Counsel Lazansky. 

Magistrate Furlong, in rendering his decision, asked the clerk 
from the office of the lawyer who appeared for the moving pic- 
ture people, why the showmen did not go in for a square deal 
and seek a decision from a higher court, instead of putting the 
matter up to the magistrates. He also intimated that if the mov- 
ing picture men went about the matter in the right way. put 
it up squarely to the courts, they might yet be able, to operate 
Sunday shows, so long as they did not cause a breach of the 
peace or the religious repose of the Sabbath. 

The persons found guilty were J. W. Ensler. manager of the 
Brill & Fox place at 1155 Broadway, and four employees, J.-imes 
Darsie, Michael Malo, Morris Reismann and Alma Matson. En- 
sler was arrested on December 15 by Detectives Plant and ber- 
ringer, of the Ralph Avenue Station, and after Captain Shevlin 
had conferred with Mr. Lazansky regarding the Supreme Court 
injunction covering the place. He was charged with operating 
a public show. Ensler, along with a man named Sperry, cf 1537 
Broadway, had been summoned to court several times by Detec- 
tive John Farrell. 

Darsie, Malo, Reismann, Miss Matson and George Roberts 
were arrested by Officers Boehm and Reichwein December 22. 
Roberts, who posed as a lecturer in the place, was discharged^ in 
court. The others were charged with unlawfully performing 
labor other than work of necessity or charity. 

Rendering his decision to-day, Magistrate Furlong said : "'The 
defenda'nt Ensler is charged with violating Section 265 of the 
Penal Code, in that it is alleged he operated a public show on 
the Christian Sabbath. The other defendants, Darsie, Malo. Reis- 
man and Miss Alma Matson, are charged with violating* Section 
263 of the. Penal Code in that it is alleged they were engaged in 
work upon the Sabbath Day, which was neither necessary nor 
charitable. 

"The. whole of the facts are very clearly stated bv the peo- 
ple's witnesses, the description of the premises, their lighting, 
the signs, the fact that money was taken for admission, aid also 
the fact that secular plays illustrating varkvs secular s.tbjects, 
as well, indeed, as some religious ones, were shown. 

"It seems to me plain that this was a business being con- 
ducted for hire, and I have tried to harmonize the various de- 



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cisions that have been rendered by the higher courts, but they all 
appear to proceed upon facts somewhat different. I think I will 
submit the matter to the Court of Special Sessions." 

The law clerk remarked that he would rather have the magis- 
trate dispose of the case, contending that the revised statute per- 
mitted the same. Magistrate Furlong asked if the defense con- 
sented to such action, as he did not propose having the case ap- 
pealed on such a point, and got a reply in the affirmative. Then 
he imposed the fines, which were promptly paid. 

* * * 

Harrisburg, Pa., is to follow in the footsteps of four of the 
large cities of the country, and before the week is out the Cam- 
eraphone, or "The Life Motion Pictures that Talk," will be in- 
stalled in this city. The auditoriums in New York, Philadelphia, 
Jersey City and Providence have all been too small to aoom- 
modate the crowds that flocked to see the wonderful mechanical 
invention. 

The new Savoy Theater Company has just been organized 
and have secured a lease on the old Savoy Theater, where the 
"Life Motion Pictures that Talk" will be exhibited. This new 
company has no connection with the former exhibitors, but was 
organized when it was learned that here was an .opportunity 
of securing the latest in the moving picture world. 

* * * 

A musical voice heard by accident over the telephone has 
resulted in the abandonment of plans for the organization of a 
bachelor girls' club and in a love match for Miss Anna Lubin 
and Salo Aulerbach. 

Next Sunday, at the home of Miss Lubin's mother, 041 West 
Division street, the engagement of the couple will be announced, 
according to the Jewish custom. 

Wires became crossed one day when the young lady was try- 
ing to 'phone her mother from the store of Ederheimer-Stein 
Company, Jackson Boulevard and Fifth avenue, where she is 
employed. Miss Lubin got Aulerbach, president of the American 
Film Service Company, in the American Trust Building, by mis- 
take. 

Both were angry for a moment, then the charming tones of 
her voice turned away the wrath and the acquaintance began. 

Soon Miss Lubin decided to give up the formation of the 
bachelors' club she had planned. No date has yet been announced 

for the wedding. 

* * * 

Nickel Theaters Held Safe in Chicago. — Building Commis- 
sioner Downey declared that five-cent theaters operating in the 
city were as safe as human ingenuity could make them. 



NEW COMPANIES. 



Oshkosh, Wis. — The George A. Knaak Company was incor- 
porated with a capital of $10,000 to manufacture the Peerless 
Kinetograph, a moving picture machine, invented by Mr. Knaak. 
F. B. Winter, of Milwaukee, is president of the company, and 
George A. Knaak is vice-president, with Charles R. Heisinger, 
secretary and treasurer. Among the directors are W. F. Keefe, 
of Chicago, manager of the Western Vaudeville Managers' As- 
sociation, and W. E. Jones, of the Jones-O'Brien circuit 

* * * 

. Kraft Amusement Co., the Bronx; moving pictures, theaters 
and concerts; capital, $6,000. Incorporators: Jacob Walz, 125th 
street and Eighth avenue; Leonora Roberts, No. 253 West 123d 
street ; Elias Blumenthol, No. 414 Central Park West ; Leo O. 
Kraft, No. 443 138th street, all of New York. 



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ing pictures, eta; capital, $5,600. Incorporators: Morris Weiss, 
No. 178 Forsyth street; Julius Berson, No. 201 Forsyth street; 
Herman A. Domple, No. 226 East i02d street; Nathan. Hirsch! 
No. 50 Rivington street, all of New York. 

* * * 

Electrograph Company, Manhattan; manufacturing moving 
picture machines and exhibit amusements, etc. Capital, $50,000. 
Incorporators: F. Beck, Brooklyn; J. W. Gunby, A. B. Garrick, 
J. Burnstein, New York City. 

* * * ' 

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TOP O' TH' WORLD IN A SUIT. 

Manager Wouij) Prevent Unauthorized Show of Pictures 

prom Play. 

Another novel point in copyright litigation is brought up in a 
suit to be brought to-day by the management of "The Top o' th' 
World" against the American Vitagraph Company, to enjoin 
the presentation in the Colonial Theater and all vaudeville thea- 
ters of a motion picture film showing the principal characters of 
"The Top o' th' World" in various scenes. 

When that extravaganza, with its live collie dog ballet and 
other odd features, became successful in the Majestic Theater, 
propositions were made by rival motion picture concerns to 
reproduce the principal scenes. J. M. Allison, manager of "Tht' 
Top o' th' World," entered into a contract with the Mutoscope 
and Vitagraph Company of America, permitting reproductions 
of certain scenes for exhibition purposes, for which it was agreed 
a royalty would be paid and the title, "The Top o' th' World," 
would be used wherever the pictures were exhibited. A com- 
plete performance of the play was given in the studio of the 
mutoscope company. Several of the most effective scenes were 
reproduced perfectly. 

Meantime the American Vitagraph Company has produced a 
series of pictures which the manager of "The Top o' th' World" 
asserts have been pirated. This series of pictures .is called 
"Dreamland." Notice has been served upon Percy Williams, 
manager of the Colonial Theater, that the reproduction of "The 
Top o' th' World" scenes under the title of "Dreamland" is .un- 
authorized. 



MOVING PICTURE EXHIBITORS' ASSOCIATION. 

The profession in New York won a victory on the 21st inst 
in their legal fight for Sunday performances. Supreme Court 
Justice Davis continued the temporary injunction of Keith 4 
Proctor, allowing them to continue their lecture and moving pic- 
ture show Sunday in their 125th Street Theater. He also con- 
tinued the injunction obtained by the Eden Musee and sustained 
the writ of habeas corpus obtained by Lazar Valense, who was 
arrested for conducting slot machines in Park Row and Third 
avenue on Sunday. 

The Valense suit was a test case brought by the Moving Pic- 
ture Exhibitors' Association. Regarding it the Justice decides 
that Valense's shows are not peace disturbing and that they do 
not violate the ordinance respecting the Sabbath. 

It 's plain that Justice Davis also takes a very broad view 
regarding the exact meaning of the law. He says : 

"A reading of Section 265 in connection with Section 259 would 
indicate that the Legislature must have had in mind that 'shoot- 
ing, hunting, fishing, playing, horse racing and gaming' were pro- 
hibited only in 'public,' because after the word 'gaming' it ex- 
pressly says 'or other public sports.' Why speak of 'other public 
sports* if it is intended to restrain 'private' sport? It doubtless 
is the fact that 'shooting, hunting, fishing and horse racing" are 
usually within the observance or hearing of others than those 
engaged in these sports, and in such cases there would appear to 
be a clear violation of the law. 

"The peace, the quiet and repose of the community are to be 
protected. Where these are not disturbed the reason for the law 
ceases" 

Justice Davis, in his decision in the Keith & Proctor case, said: 

"Of course, the views expressed in this opinion have no refer- 
ence to any exhibition of pictures of a salacious or otherwise 
indecent character, or which tend in any degree to corrupt morals. 
It will be the duty of the police to suppress such shows on every 
day of the week." He adds that he continues the injunction 
because "it is important to have an Appellate tribunal pass upon 
the questions involved, because of the conflict of views on this 
subject in different departments." 



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MOVING PICTURE . SHOWS A MENACE, DECLARES 

CROKER. 

As a direct result of the Rhoades Opera House fire in Boyer- 
town, Pa-> which started as a moving picture machine was being 
adjusted. Fire Chief Croker has begun an investigation of the 
places where such shows are being held in this city, and he will 
make a report to Fire Commissioner Lantry, with the idea of 
demanding more rigid regulations for safety. 

Score* of moving picture theaters are scattered throughout the 
East Side, as well as in Brooklyn, and many are so arranged 
that they barely comply with the building and fire laws, while 
others have only one entrance and exit, which, in most cases, is 
under the machine platform. While a pretense is made at fire- 
proofing the picture aparatus and the operator's box, Chief Croker 
is convinced that he will find insufficient precautions against a 
blaze. 

The fact that it would be almost impossible for panic-stricken 
women and children (the chief patrons of such shows) to escape 
in case of an explosion will be used as an argument for remedy- 
ing the evil or driving a large number of the theaters out of 
business. 

Records at the Bureau of Buildings show that eight hundred 
moving picture theaters.^which charge five and ten cents ad- 
mission, are registered there. These places, according to Supt 
Murphy, are operated' in compliance with the rules of his depart- 
ment But the possibility' of a number of lives being lost in 
case or an explosion was admitted by Chief Croker, who declared 
many of them were actually a menace.'. In several places inferior 
machines, he says, are used, and inexperienced operators are often 
employed. In one place visited a fifteen-year-old boy was oper- 
ating the machine. He explained by saying the regular operator 
was sick. 

The fireproofing arrangements are not sufficient to prevent a 
spread of the slightest fire. The partitions around the film ma- 
chines are nothing more than a curtained shield with a sheet of 
tin nailed to the ceiling. 

"We have had a large number of fires," said Chief Croker, 
"but we were fortunate enough to get to the places before any 
serious damage was done, and the spectators were out of the 
buildings in time." 

Added to the danger to the people in case of a fire is the peril 
to the occupants of the buildings. Many of these small-fry places 
are on the ground floor of lodging houses, and the buildings 
themselves are as inflammable as matchwood. 

"There's one thing I'm glad to say about New York,'' Croker 
added. "We don't need a second alarm to get busy here." 

The first panic which drew the attention of the Fire Depart- 
ment lo the danger of moving picture shows occurred at Coney 
Island, where several persons were injured in a rush to get out 
of a place in the. Bowery after the ignited films had exploded. 
Several fires caused similar accidents last season. 

Of ell the fires that have started from this cause, of course 
that at the Charity Bazaar in Paris was the worst. While prop- 
erly not a theater fire, it occurred at a gathering of people. It 
made a black page in the history of horrors not only because 
there were 143 persons killed, but because so many of them were 
of the flower of French families, and because of the cowardly 
way some of the men beat women back with canes while the rush 
was the fiercest. 

The bazaar was held in a flimsy, inflammable structure, built 
out of planks and cloth. The fire came from defective insulation 
of wires in the cinematograph department, and the flames spread 
in an instant The Summer dresses of many of the women were 
ignited, and, as their wearers frantically rushed around, the 
flames were communicated to others. 

[See our editorial on this. — Ed.] 

On February 26, iooo, an- electric spark set fire to the celluloid 
mms used in a vitagraph machine in Miner's Harlem Theater. 
|he house was crowded and a panic was narrowly averted. The 
lights in the house, as usual, were out. After most of the pic- 
tures had been thrown on the screen there was an unusually long 
wait. Suddenly the audience was startled by flames coming from 
the machine, which was standing near the main entrance and 
was inclosed in curtains. The auditorium immediately was filled 
with -moke Several quick-witted detectives grabbed the ma- 
chine and threw it into a corridor and locked the double doors. 
The people jumped to their feet and many women fainted, but 
quiet was restored by the lights being quickly turned on. 
. A little more than a year ago someone threw a lighted cigarette 
into the celluloid film of a moving picture machine in the Five- 
Cent Theater at 122 Park Row. It blazed up and a panic ensued 
anions the 200 men present, but all got out in safety. 



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"prairie schooners" and fought their way through hordes 
of savage Indans. In this picture we open with a picture 
taken in a frontier fort, the always impressive ceremony 
of lowering the flag at sunset and the firing of the sunset 
gun. Then we go out to the prairie, where a pioneer with 
his "schooner" and cattle is slowly traversing toward the 
promised home. Evening comes and the emigrants halt 
and prepare for the night. 

Next we see a camp of United States troops on a scout- 
ing expedition after hostile Sioux. They, too, go into 
camp for the night. Following this we see the attack 
of the Indians — all on horseback— on the emigrants. The 
brave pioneers put up a spirited defense, but are rapidly 
being overwhelmed, when a brave youngster works his 
way through the Indian lines and gets word to the sol- 
diers, who dash to the rescue and wind up the drama 
with a glorious' scrimmage with the redskins. 

Throughout the film there are wonderful opportunities 
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issue we were compelled to crowd out the 
cuts herewith, and the information that the 
Acmegraph is manufactured solely by Jean 
A. Le Roy, of the Acme Film Exchange, 
133 Third avenue, New York. 

In testing this machine for fireproof qual- 
ities we gave it a pretty severe gruelling, as 
the illustration will. show. First we applied 
the light and let it impinge upon the film, 
expectng it to flare up; instead, only one 
hole at a time could tttt burn in, try how 
we would. Next we applied a lighted match 
with the same result — one hole at a time; 





the flame would not go above or below the . 
gate of the machine. Then applying a light 
to the loose film from the magazine, it flew 
up to the passage and went out. The same 
with the take-up. We could not get the 
film to fire in either magazine. 

In answer to a correspondent who wishes 
to know if the machine has passed the tests 
and been approved by the New York Board 
of Electricity, we may say the machine fully 
answers all requirements of this board and 
the Board of Fire Underwriters. It is a 
well-known fact that if a machine passes 
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"Lonesome Junction." The scene of this 
Biograph comedy is laid at a railroad sta- 
tion in the heart of the Rockies, miles and 
miles away from "White Way" civilization, 
and although a small burg, it certainly de- 
serves a large dot on the map, on account 
of the exciting time experienced by a party 
of tourists the day this picture was made. 
Lomesome Junction, though _a howling 
wilderness, possessed one blessing — a train 
to somewhere else — but like all good things 
in this world, none are gained without a 
struggle. So the trains, of which there 
was but one a day, are never on time. To 
the station there comes a coterie of weary 
travelers, all possessed with a wild desire 
to put a long distance between Lonesome 
Junction and the backs of their necks. As 
usual, the train is six hours late, and you 
may imagine the party is in not a very 
amiable humor. The first to arrive is an 
Englishman, -who is "jolly well" vexed at 
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Hit's a blooming h'outrage, . donft- 
know!" He leaves his suit case in the 
~« of others coming in, and a wealthy 
jt owner, who enters at that moment, 
s sprawling. The next to enter is a 
; e-fighter, who in turn takes a tumble. 
,'mw! It looks as if there is going to 
"something doing," when the driver of 
he Pony Express enters with the mail bag, 
jii tells Mr. Pug to sit down and behave. 
It sits and lights his pipe, still chewing 
be rag. The driver^ clips the pipe out of 
g mouth with a pistol shot and makes 
iim dance to the music of his gun play. 
•his holds Mr. Pug for an indefinite 
eriod. The party is now increased by the 
rrival of Heinrich Spitzelperger. "Vas 
$ das ; sex stunden zu warten ? Oh, veil, 
haf a smoke." Heine has pipe and to- 
acco, but no match. "Please, you haf a 
wtch, no?" Well, it looks as if he don't 
aoke. At this point the door opens and 
11 nishes one of those hypochondriacal 
liisanthropists, a Black Hand Dago. A 
lyena is a playful kitten compared with 
iim. Opening his satchel, he takes out a 
mge bomb, lights the fuse and places it on 
he window shelf of the ticket office. The 
mgilist is the first to notice his action and 
els, "Beat it!" which they surely do— all 
■xcept Heine, who is seated on a bench 
itiU searching through his pockets in hopes 
if finding a'match hidden therein. Espying 
he smoking fuse of the bomb, he picks it 
ip, ignorant of the danger, lights his pipe 
ind failing to extinguish it, drops it into a 
re pail none too soon, for the moment it 
rikes the water it explodes, blowing Heine 
I liis feet. When the party returns they 
him suffering no further injury than 
dly shattered nerves. While relating his 
xperience there enters a most beautiful 
ing lady. "Observe who is in our 
1st," says one, and a more chivalrous 
inch you never saw ; all anxious to serve 
r. She states that her baggage is outside, 
Mr. Pug insists that "I'm de boy wit de 
ong arm." He carries in several grips 
d finally a trunk as big as a cottage, 
completely does him up, and though 



there is still another trunk, he is not equal 
to it. Now Heine gives an exhibition of 
brain vs. brawn, and instead of shouldering 
the trunk, • wheels it in on a handtruck, 
much to the amusement of the party at the 
expense of the pugilist. They are all now 
in high spirits when there appears in the 
doorway a tough roadagent With most 
forbidding, mien he points a revolver and 
commands them to line up and put their 
valuables on the floor in front of him. 
Heine, unobserved by the bad man, drops 
down behind the trunk and when the thug's 
back is turned, sticks a gun behind his ear 
and tells him to drop his firearm on the top 
of the trunk. Hurrah for Heine, the hero. 
But he forgets the thug may have another 
gun, and in the unguarded moment he whips 
out another and is about to push daylight 
through Dutchy when the express driver 
from outside sends a bullet through the 
bad boy's wrist. The arrival of the belated 
train is announced, and the party scramble 
out of .the ..station, in. a mad rush to ge-t. 
aboard. 

THE KING AND THE JESTER 
is the subject of a film issued by Geo. 
Melies this week. The scene opens with 
the jester being spurned by the king, who 
has evidently partaken of food whicb dis- 
agrees with him,- and instead of being 
amused by the frolics of his jester he casts 
him away. All the wiles of the jester fail 
to raise a smile. The king petulantly 
throws himself into his chair of state. The 
jester, finding his jokes falling flat, per- 
forms acrobatic feats — no effect; juggling 
with balls — no result; the king wont be 
pleased. The jester then gathers chairs 
and builds them up and outward. Ahl the 
king is at last interested, wondering why 
they don't fall over, and gets down to see. 
The jester, taking a pair of bellows, blows 
the chairs and they fall in a heap at the 
king's feet. The jester next puts the chairs 
away and tickles the king, who kicks him 
for his frivolity; then, getting down from 
his chair to again kick the jester, kicks 
air, for the jester has vanished, quickly 



appearing again out of a large box and 
laughing at his master, who again seats 
himself with a frown. Finding all his ef- 
forts to please are not- appreciated, the 
jester summons a lady to his dd. Now the 
king is all attention. Then taking three 
stools, the jester places them before the 
king, helps the lady to stand on the center 
one, pulls her dress, which falls to the 
ground, displaying her as a Grecian model. 
The king now forgets his indigestion and 
watches, the figure. The jester produces 
two staves, which he places under the out- 
stretched hands of the model, then with 
a few passes hypnotizes his subject ; he now 
takes the center stool from beneath the 
sleeping beauty, leaving her suspended on 
the two staves. After one or two more 
passes, he removes one of the staves, leav- 
ing the subject with only the support of 
the other, to the astonishment of the king, 
who is still more surprised when the beau- 
tiful model throws him a kiss. The jester 
now replaces the stool under the. feet of the 
model, awakens her and helps her down. 
The king sits on the stool, takes the model 
in his arms and is about to kiss her, when 
to his intense disgust he finds himself em- 
bracing his jester, who, linking his arm 
in that of the king, leads him off. 




We have several hyBuiFesa thousand feet of 
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some almost like new, which we will close out 

at four to six cents per foot. 

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"The Irish Blacksmith" is a romantic 
Irish drama by Selig. The pretty sister 
of the local blacksmith is met and accosted 
by an unscrupulous gentleman, who, at- 
tracted by her good looks, forces a kiss 
from her in spite of her remonstrances. 
The scene changes to the blacksmith forge, 
where the brother of the insulted girl is at 
work at his trade. The girls enters ex- 
citedly and tells her brother of the slight 
which has been put upon her. The story is 
hardly finished when the "ne'er do well" 
gentleman rides into the forge_ to have his 
horse shod. The girl recognizes and ac- 
cuses him to her brother, who in his rage 
knocks h : m down. The gentleman goes 
off swearing vengeance for the blow, and is 
next seen consorting with a number of 




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ruffians in a mountain cave where the ruin 
of the blacksmith is plotted, and the tools 
hired to carry out the revengeful purpose. 
The possession of firearms was a penal of- 
fense in Ireland at this time, and accord- 
ingly the myrmidons hide a number of rifles 
under the blacksmith's forge and accuse 
him before the magistrate of having placed 
them there. Purjured testimony prevails 
and the unfortunate blacksmith is ultimately 
sentenced to death. A plan is formed by 
the mother and sister of the blacksmith 
hero by which his escape from prison is 
successfully accomplished, the details of 
which form a very interesting part of the 
picture. Once escaped, the blacksmith de- 
voted himself to unearthing his accusers 
and finally brings home the guilt to them, 
placing the crime in the right place and se- 
curing his own free pardon, amid general 
rejoicing. 

"The Xewlyweds' First Meal," is another 



S'elig. Comedy has once more been made 
out of the trials and tribulations experi- 
enced by a newly married couple trying to 
keep house for the first time. The Newly- 
weds arrive at their own home for the first 
time and indulge in a billing and cooing 
match natural under the circumstances ac- 
companied by much osculation. After a 
time even this amusement requires a change 
and nature asserting itself, they feel the 
pangs of hunger and proceed to satisfy 
same as quickly as possible. A brand new 
cook book is produced and together they 
explore its mysteries and try to carry its 
directions into effect- 
Next we see hubby and his bride in the 
kitchen. Mr. Man is arrayed in a very am- 
ple cook's apron, and is evidently a very 
busy gentleman. Such scenes as follow 
must be seen to be understood. Literally 
the fat is on the fire, and smoke, flames and 
confusion are predominant. The grease 
from the cooking operations spreads slowly 



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from the stove to the floor and makes a 
very Successful slide on which evervbodv 
who encounters it cuts up manv comical 
capers. In the way of culinarv operations. 
things meantime go from bad to worst 
notwithstanding frequent intervals for bill- 
ing and cooing, perhaos because of s UCu 
being the case, clothes and countenance suf- 
fer from smoke and soot, and in their at- 
tempt to set matters right the young coupli 
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their going any further with the experi- 
ment And now back to the boarding 
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faces the poor Newlyweds are repenting « 
leisure of their attempt to break into the 
housekeeping game, and exchange affection- 
ate condolences over their mutually battered 
condition. 



"The Financial Scare," another Selig, is 
a clever skit on the prevailing financial 
troubles, and has been worked up into con- 
siderable comedy, although the fun in the 
situation may not be so apparent to those 
more intimately in contact with it. The 
"scare" is started by a full-page announce- 
ment of a "big bank failure" in one of 
the yellow journals of the day, and this 
brought to the attention of a business man 
who is working at his desk, sends him home 
on the run to inform his family, all of 
whom have ,deposits in one of the big sav- 
ings banks, of the supposed danger. Very 
much rattled, the frightened man disturbs 
the quiet of his home by urging each and 
all of the depositors, his^ father, mother, 
wife, children, cook and hired man to im- 
mediately draw their money out of the 
bank, and first placing such money as they 
have on hand in what they consider secure 
hiding places, they all start off for the bank 
on the run, including the cook, who being 
too fat to make as good time as the other 
members of the family, is soon left ig- 
nominiously in the rear. Arrived at their 
destination, a genuine family rim on the 
bank takes place to see who will get their 
money first, but finally all are paid and re- 
turn home satisfied to dispose of theit 
wealth in some wav that they consider safer 
than the bank from which they have drawn 
it. In the search for secure hiding places 
each vies with the other, but the hired 
man prides himself on his ideaand plac- 
ing his money in a tin can, buries it deep 
in the ground, while the others each select 
a hiding place of their own, which, in their 
opinion, will defy detection. But, unfortu- 
nately, the commotion has attracted the at- 
tention of an unscruoulous knight of the 
road, who stealthily follows the party and 
carefully notes the hiding place in which 
each has secreted his money. Then, wait- 
ing until all have retired, he commences op- 
erations b"- digging up and appropriating 
the hoard of the luckless hired man, and 
follows this up by entering the house and 
uncovering, one by one, the different hid- 
ing places and adding what he finds to his 
already ample roll, swells his ill-gotten 
gains very considerably. While the burglar 
is making his haul the old gentleman en- 
ters the room, and seeing what he is dome. 
makes a frantic effort to arrest him. am 
the thief proves too strong, and after a des- 
perate struggle succeeds in finally escaping 
with his plunder, leaving behind nun a 
oractical illustration of the old oroverb thai 
it is sometimes better to endure the i»f 
we wot of than to fly to others that we 
know not of. 



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ingly pretty 



miss and on her arrival at her 



n place of employment the head of the 
concern takes her through the offices. As 
d,ev pass through the various departments 
tbe'manv clerks and bookkeepers gaze at 
1,-r in admiration— not "attempting to con- 
ceal the decidedly favorable impression she 
las made on them. She is finally given her 
desk near the head bookkeeper, who is a 
little short fellow with an apparently strong 
liing for the opposite sex. As soon as 
he sees iier at work on the typewriter, he 
begins to smile in her direction from his 
high stool— showing plainly that first sight 
is enough for him. His arms now begin 
to fly about his heart like flails, and in his 
enthusiasm he falls from his chair to the 
noor, and excited and abashed, he walks out 
while the janitor of the offices enters. This- 
individual ogles the girl, and the book- 
keeper returning, sees what is going on 
and a scrimmage ensues. The boss becomes 
aware of this disturbance and moves the 
stenographer and her machine to another 
department. Here, too, there are many 
clerks at work, and they, too, seem to take 
to the girl to such a degree that they neg- 
lect their duties and become demoralized 
and, of course, the business suffers. Again 
the head of the concern becomes aware of 
conditions, and again he shifts the stenog- 
rapher to a different office. Wearing the 
crown of beauty, her head must needs rest 
uneasy, which holds good with regard to 
her next position in tie office, for here a 
number of cashiers and bookkeepers, not at 
all invulnerable to female- charms, also neg- 
lect their work, and all through no fault 
of the pretty typist, who is forced to make 
another shift. Finally her employer decides 
to take her in his own private room, where 
she is now seen doing her work amiably; 
bat even in this position she is not unmo- 
lested, for her employer himself becomes 
infatuated with her as he watches her from 
his desk, and before either of them realize 
it he has proposed to her. Of course she 
considers this a good match and allows him 
to place a ring upon her finger. They now 
open the door leading from the office, inci- 
dentally knocking down a number of clerks 
who have been peeking through the key- 
hole, and their employer announces that the 
little stenographer who had made such 
havoc with their hearts is now to be Mrs. 
. 'Mid the tears of the little book- 
keeper and waitings of the janitor — to say 
nothing of the envy of the other clerks, he 
leads her off as his own. 



"A Kind-Hearted Gentleman." An el- 
derly man who is apparently benevolently 
disposed toward humanity, starts out on a 
**lk, and wherever he finds the distressed, 
handicapped or needy, he promptly lends 
his aid. He first comes upon a governess 
j» a park who, holding a baby with one 
hand, is trying to manage a newspaper with 
the other. This is a clumsy undertaking, as 
is observed by the old gentleman, who 
™dly takes the baby from her. She soon 
settles herself to read comfortably, while 
we old gentleman holds. the child on his 
hp; while he is thus occupied the girl's sol- 
dier lover comes along and they begin 
spooning; of this the old gentleman is un- 
a 5 ar ? unt "* *^ e baby makes it uncomfort- 
able for him, and throwing die child to her, 
he goes off in disgust What appears to be 
a girl, and a pretty one, next attracts him, 
as she is carrying a rather heavy basket, 
"e obligingly takes it from her and escorts 
jier to her destination; she happens to be 
bound for a meeting with her husband, 
however, and when they arrive at the spot 



she is greeted affectionately by her hubby, 
while her companion is handed a beating. 
After dragging himself out of reach he re- 
adjusts himself and is soon helping a ma- 
son lift his mortar to a ladder; result, a 
mortar bath. He comes to his finish, how- 
ever, when he helps two men who are 
placing some furniture in a wagon. They 
are burglars, and a citizen who sees the 
trio hails a policeman. By the time the 
officer arrives the two burglars have gone 
and only the unsuspecting old man is left. 
He is pointed out, the cop grabs him un- 
gently, and he is marched off. 



"Slave's Hate." A negro working on a 
field is ordered by his cruel master to get 
down on his knees and tie his master's shoe 
lace. The negro resents this unwonted hu- 
miliation, and the master, after giving him 
a few cuffs, promises to make him smart 
for it later. At this time the slave driver's 
daughter comes on the scene, and he goes 
off with her. The next picture shows the 
negro being led to the top of a hill, where 
his breast is bared and he is tied to a stake 
driven in the ground; then, at the com- 
mand of the master, an overseer lays a 
stout rawhide lash over the bound man's 
body. He writhes in agony, and the pun- 
ishment only ceases when he falls to the 
ground in a faint The overseer unbinds 
him, and thus he is left to nurse his 
wounds and desire for vengeance. - The 
opportunity for revenge soon comes, when 
the slave owner's little girl is seated alone, 
reading at a table near the gate of her 
home. The crouching black form of the 
negro slave comes stealthily toward her, 
and suddenly springing out, he takes her 
up roughly. The child struggles, but the 
negro overpowers her and carries her off. 
The entire household is aroused, however, 
and headed by the father, a posse starts out 
in pursuit of the negro kidnapper. The 
chase leads them over hills and through 
swamps and marshes, but the wary negro 
is always ahead of them. When the posse 
are almost on him, the negro takes refuge 
in a deserted house with his victim, and 
after the pursuers have gone he forces 
the child, by threatening to throw her into 
a sluice, to tie his shoe as her father had 
ordered him to do on the farm. On and 
on he goes with the child ; but the pursuers 
make a detour of the countryland and are 
soon near the fugitive, who conceals him- 
self beside a boulder. The father comes 
very close to them, but passes by; intuition 
seems to call him back, however, and just 
as he turns he faces the negro with the 
child. In a twinkling he covers the fugi- 
tive with a revolver, but the little girl jumps 
in between. The slave owner softens, 
seems to see at once that it is all his fault, 
and takes both negro and daughter home 
again. 



"Picturesque Smyrna." This film shows 
various industries and customs in this land 
of the Far East. Natives are seen smoking 
their peculiar pipes, deftly making canvas 
sacks, caning chairs and fashioning brooms. 
The native barbers, who work in the open 
Street, are also shown at their labor over 
two customers. After which is given a 
view of the start of a caravan of camels. 
The huge beasts — some twenty in number — 
file by in a line and are soon seen out on 
the highway carrying their ponderous bur- 
dens. This film finishes with a view of the 
different types of natives, including many 
children, who eat greedily from curious 
pans placed on. the ground. 



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Professional Jealousy 609 ft. 

Mr. Gay and Mrs 762 it. 

Dr. Slcmum 592 ft. 

The Elopement 693 ft. 

Wife Wanted 848 ft. 

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The Gay Vagabonds 334 ft. 

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A Little Girl Who Did Not 

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Laughing Gas 575 ft. 

College Chums 700 ft. 

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A Novice on Stilts 400 ft. 

A Home at Last. 250 ft. 

The Eleventh Hour 850 ft 

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Hey, Therel Look Outt 400 ft 

99 In the Shade '. 

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lhe Dancing Nig 387 ft 

Life of s Bootblack 726 ft 

Mr. Inquisitive 530 It 

Slow But Sure 647 ft 

Am Awful Skate 683 ft 

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Anxious Day for Mother 340 ft 

Valiant Son 367 ft. 

Ingenuity Conquers 304 ft. 

Tenor with Leather Lungs 340 ft 

Medal Winner 404 ft. 

Girl's Dream 350 ft. 

The Affianced 667 ft 

Pied Piper of Hamelin 790 ft. 

Buying a Cow 517 ft. 

GOODFELLOW. 

Faith's Rewards 

Mixed Pickles 

Smuggling Chinese into 

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Getting Even 625 ft 

That Dog Gone Dog 672 ft 

Goldstein 7 ! Luck 

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Dogs of Fashion 375 ft 

8uack Doctor 325 ft. 
ays of '61 585 ft. 

Mountaineers 610 ft 

Ben Hur 1000 ft 

School Days. 470 ft 

Lost Mine 455 ft 

Dramatic Rehearsal 105 ft 

Woman, Cruel Woman 315 ft 

The Rival Motorists 555. ft 

LUBIN. 

A Gay Old Boy 520 ft 

The Ringmaster's Wife 

How Brown Saw the Baseball 

Game 350 ft 

Neighbors Who Borrow 49) ft 

The Foundling 828 ft 

Harbor Pirates 695 ft 

The Lost Collar Button 360 ft 

The New Arrival 316 ft 

MELIES. 
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In the Bogie Man's Cave 350 ft 

The Knight of Black Art.... 371 ft 

An Angelic Servant 483 ft 

Bakers in Trouble 365 ft 

Delirium in a Studio 302 ft. 

Satan in Prison 300 ft 

Good Glue Sticks 311 ft 

Shakespeare writing "Julius 

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The Eclipse 560 ft. 

Chopin's Funeral March 460 ft. 

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Petticoat Regiment ..., 785 ft. 

Babes in the Woods 378 ft 



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For a Woman's Sake 4y7 ft 

His First Topper 255 ft 

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Will He Overtake Them?... 410 ft 

For a Flower 344 ft 

Animated Portraits 344 ft. 

Good Luck For the Coming 

Year 410 ft 

The Pretty Typist 508 ft. 

A Kindhearted Gentleman 246 ft 

Charmed Sword 295 ft 

Slave's Hate 410 ft 

Skillful Policemen 180 ft 

Picturesque Smyrna 459 ft 

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Who Owns the Pear? 234 lu 

Unlucky. Substitution 517 ft 

The Blacksmith's Strike.... 1067 ft 

Too Many Children 734 ft 

Governess Wanted 517 ft 

Cream-Eating Contest Ill ft 

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The Tramp Hypnotist 380 It 

The Irish Klacitsamn ■ 040 It 

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Two Orphans 1,035 ft 

The Eviction 585 ft 

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Mike the Model 600 It 

Tin Wedding .... . , 810 it ' 

What a Pipe Did 465 ft 

Wooing and Weauiui ot a Coon ... .685 it 

A Southern Romance 59U ft 

Mishaps of a Baby Carriage. 460 tt 

The Girl and the Judge 835 ft 

Motoring Under Difficulties. .450 ft 

A Life for a L;t'e 735 R 

Cab 23 755 ft 

All's Well that Ends Well... 600 ft 
Grand Canyon ot Arizona... 60U ft. 

Holler Skate Craze..... 500 tt 

Western Justice 700 ft 

The Bandit King 1000 ft 

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The Rivals 574 ft. 

Adventures of a Countryman.306 ft. 

Christmas 371 ft 

Japanese Vaudeville. 315 ft. 

A Brief Story 75 ft. 

Venetian Baker. 70S tt 

Watchmaker's Secret //.: lu 

In the Dreamland 387 it 

Where Is My Headr 153 tv. 

Monk's Vengeance 204 tt 

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Mr. Sleepy Head 287 ft 

Highly Scented Bouquet 114 ft 

Diabolo Nightmare 394 ft 

The Cashier 727 ft 

When the Devil Drives 424 ft 

Willing to Oblige 180 ft 

Against the Law 620 ft 

Youthful Hackenschinidts....l94 ft. 

Love Levels All Ranks 460 ft 

Hatred 514 ft 

Bulgarian Army 440 ft 

Deaf and Dumb 667 ft 

Cabman Mystified 287 ft 

The Tattler .....394 ft 

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Lost, Strayed or Stolen 375 ft 

The Shaughraun 700 ft 

The Jealous Wife 300 ft 

An Indian Love Story 600 ft 

Work Made Easy 500 ft 

The Miser's Hoard 350 ft 

A Night in Dreamland 500 ft. 

A Clown's Love Story 325 ft. 

A Tale of the Sea 750 ft 

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The Viking's Bride 400 ft 

The Artful Lovers 300 tt. 

Testing a Lifeboat 200 ft. 

The Sticky Bicycle „...495 tt. 

Rebellious Schoolgirls ......100 ft 

Serving a Summons .190 ft 

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Tlie art of UBlng your fists sometimes comes In very bandy, at. 
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